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Synonyms for "disdainful" in English

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disdainful:
- contemptuous; sneering; disdainful; contumelious; scornful; derisive; haughty; overbearing; imperious; supercilious; lordly; sniffy; swaggering; prideful; insulting
- contemptuous; scornful; disdainful

English

Detailed Synonyms for disdainful in English

disdainful:

disdainful adj

disdainful
contemptuous; sneering; disdainful; contumelious; scornful; derisive
- contemptuous adj
- sneering adj
- disdainful adj
- contumelious adj
- scornful adj
- derisive adj
disdainful

– having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy ¹
haughty; overbearing; disdainful; imperious; supercilious; lordly; sniffy; swaggering; prideful
– having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy ¹
- haughty adj
  - haughty aristocrats¹
- overbearing adj
- disdainful adj
  - some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines¹
- imperious adj
- supercilious adj
  - his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air¹
- lordly adj
  - his lordly manners were offensive¹
- sniffy adj
  - very sniffy about breaches of etiquette¹
- swaggering adj
  - a more swaggering mood than usual¹
- prideful adj
  - walked with a prideful swagger¹
disdainful

– expressing extreme contempt ¹
contemptuous; insulting; scornful; disdainful
– expressing extreme contempt ¹
- contemptuous adj
- insulting adj
- scornful adj
- disdainful adj

disdainful

disdainful
contemptuous; scornful; disdainful

Related Words for "disdainful":

disdainfully

Alternate Synonyms for "disdainful":

contemptuous; insulting; scornful; disrespectful
haughty; lordly; prideful; sniffy; supercilious; swaggering; proud

Related Definitions for "disdainful":

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy¹
- some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines¹
expressing extreme contempt¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University