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BNC: 21234 COCA: 22437

disdainful

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
disdainful /dɪsˈdeɪnfəl/ adjective
disdainful
/dɪsˈdeɪnfəl/
adjective
Learner's definition of DISDAINFUL
[more disdainful; most disdainful] somewhat formal
: feeling strong dislike or disapproval for something or someone you think does not deserve respect : feeling or showing disdain厌恶的;鄙视的;不屑的
often + of

— disdainfully

adverb
BNC: 21234 COCA: 22437

disdainful

adjective

dis·​dain·​ful dis-ˈdān-fəl How to pronounce disdainful (audio)
: full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : full of or expressing scorn or disdain
a disdainful glare
is disdainful of all modern art
disdainfully adverb
disdainfulness noun
Choose the Right Synonym for disdainful

proud, arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors.

proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness.

too proud to take charity

arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.

a conceited and arrogant executive

haughty suggests a consciousness of superior birth or position.

a haughty aristocrat

lordly implies pomposity or an arrogant display of power.

a lordly condescension

insolent implies contemptuous haughtiness.

ignored by an insolent waiter

overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.

an overbearing supervisor

supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness.

an aloof and supercilious manner

disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness.

disdainful of their social inferiors

Example Sentences

He looked at the waiter with a disdainful glare. a disdainful attitude toward authority
Recent Examples on the Web Michael Moritz, who started his career as a journalist, is disdainful of such verbosity. Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Though the reader knows better, the young narrator is marvelously secure in his superiority as a bona fide antiracist, and marvelously disdainful of his bona fide racist parents. New York Times, 12 July 2022 My mother whips her head around and casts me a disdainful look. Yuxi Lin, Longreads, 25 Mar. 2019 Twitter is advancing this position so that a disdainful hypocrite will be forced to buy it. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022 When Howie falls for Charlie (James Scully), the cute doctor comes as a package deal with the disdainful Cooper (Nick Adams) and aloof Will (Conrad Ricamora), who strikes an instant love-hate sizzle with Noah. Justin J Wee, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022 Thanks to redistricting Axne’s district saw an influx of more than 5,000 Republican voters, mostly rural, that are likely to be disdainful of her voting record and relationship with Biden. Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 8 June 2022 After Eskic’s post, Alessandro Rigolon, an assistant U. professor of city and metropolitan planning, noted that the roster of Yalecrest panelists did not include any planners — which Hemming said in her complaints was mocking and disdainful. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022 Scenes between Mitchell and the disdainful Admiral Simpson (Jon Hamm) are culturally enlightening — boyish Cruise is a star; five-o’clock-shadow Hamm, from Mad Men, is TV trite. Armond White, National Review, 27 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see disdain entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1542, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of disdainful was circa 1542
BNC: 21234 COCA: 22437

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