English adjective: disdainful | |||
1. | disdainful expressing extreme contempt | ||
Synonyms | contemptuous, insulting, scornful | ||
Similar | disrespectful | ||
Antonyms | respectful | ||
2. | disdainful having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | ||
Samples | Some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines. Haughty aristocrats. His lordly manners were offensive. Walked with a prideful swagger. Very sniffy about breaches of etiquette. His mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air. A more swaggering mood than usual. | ||
Synonyms | haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering | ||
Similar | proud | ||
Antonyms | humble | ||