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 Definitions of disdainful  [ɪsˈdeɪn fəl, dɪˈsteɪn-]  

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Definition of 'disdainful' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) disdainful
full of or showing disdain; scornful.

Etymology:  (1535–45)

Definition of 'disdainful' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful
expressing extreme contempt

2. (adj) disdainful, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
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
Definition of 'disdainful' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) disdainful
full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty
Translation of 'disdainful' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to look down on (something)
She disdains our company.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: minagtend, veragtelik, ne Arabic flag Arabic: مُزْدَرٍ، مُحْتَقِر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: презрителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desdenhoso Czech flag Czech: opovržlivý German flag German: geringschätzig
Danish flag Danish: foragtelig Greek flag Greek: περιφρονητικός Spanish flag Spanish: desdeñoso
Estonian flag Estonian: põlglik Farsi flag Farsi: مغرور؛ تحقیر آمیز Finnish flag Finnish: ylenkatseellinen
French flag French: dédaigneux Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּבוּז Hindi flag Hindi: अवहेलनापूर्ण
Croatian flag Croatian: preziran, koji omalovažav Hungarian flag Hungarian: megvető Indonesian flag Indonesian: penuh penghinaan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lítilsvirðandi; fyrirlitl Italian flag Italian: sdegnoso, sprezzante Japanese flag Japanese: おうへいな
Korean flag Korean: 경멸적인, 오만한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: niekinamas, pasipūtęs Latvian flag Latvian: nicinošs; nievājošs
Malay flag Malay: menunjukkan rasa menghina Dutch flag Dutch: minachtend Norwegian flag Norwegian: hånlig, ringeaktende
Polish flag Polish: pogardliwy Persian flag Persian: مغرور؛ تحقیر آمیز Pashto flag Pashto: سپك ګڼل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desdenhoso Romanian flag Romanian: dispreţuitor Russian flag Russian: презрительный
Slovak flag Slovak: opovržlivý Slovenian flag Slovenian: omalovažujoč Serbian flag Serbian: prezriv
Swedish flag Swedish: föraktfull Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งแสดงการดูถูกเหยียดหยา Turkish flag Turkish: kibirli, küçümseyen
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 輕蔑的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: презирливий; зневажливий Urdu flag Urdu: تحقیر آمیز
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: biểu thị sự khinh thị Chinese flag Chinese: 轻蔑的

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