disdainful
AdjectiveSynonyms:
contemptuousinsultingscornfulhaughtyimperiouslordlyoverbearingpridefulsniffysuperciliousswaggering
WordNet 3.0
Adjective (2)
- expressing extreme contemptSynonyms: contemptuousinsultingscornful
- having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy“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 — W.L.Shirer”Synonyms: haughtyimperiouslordlyoverbearingpridefulsniffysuperciliousswaggering
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Disdainful \Dis*dain"ful\, a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty. [1913 Webster]
From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. --Akenside. -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n. [1913 Webster]