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KK Pronunciation

〔 dIsˋdenfәl 〕

Pronunciation

〔 disˊdeinfәl 〕


Overview of adj disdainful

The adj disdainful has 2 senses


  • contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful -- (expressing extreme contempt)

  • 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)