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 | ||