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- Dictionarydisdainful/dɪsˈdeɪnf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. showing contempt or lack of respect: "with a last disdainful look, she turned towards the door"
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DISDAINFUL definition: 1. showing that someone does not like someone or something and thinks that they do not deserve…. Learn more.
The meaning of DISDAINFUL is full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : full of or expressing scorn or disdain. How to use disdainful in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Disdainful.
Disdainful means scornful and arrogant. To be disdainful is to act mean and superior. If you're acting haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, or swaggering, you're acting disdainful.
To be disdainful means to dislike something or someone because you think they are unimportant or not worth your attention.
Disdainful definition: full of or showing disdain; scornful. . See examples of DISDAINFUL used in a sentence.
disdainful (of somebody/something) showing the feeling that somebody/something is not good enough to deserve your respect or attention synonym contemptuous, dismissive. She's always been disdainful of people who haven't been to college.
disdainful - 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 ...
To be disdainful means to dislike something or someone because you think they are unimportant or not worth your attention.
Definition of disdainful adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to refuse to do something because you feel you are too important to do it: There were complaints that he disdained to mingle with the common people. See more. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
