disdainful Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
scornful; insulting; contemptuous.
adjective satellite having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
overbearing; haughty; swaggering; prideful; imperious; lordly; supercilious; sniffy.
- 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

Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
From these Turning disdainful to an equal good. Akenside.
-- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.