disdainful
8
7.0
- adjective
- /dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/
:
despectivo
- When I suggested an alternative plan, she looked at me with a disdainful expression, clearly unimpressed.
- disdainful attitude
And my mother was very, very disdainful of that.
- And my mother was very, very disdainful of that.
- He would not let the fellow stand there looking down at him, graceful, disdainful, hateful, standing there with rage in his heart, looking after Jasper.
Examples
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Annette was bold and took after her mother, a disdainful, aristocratic beauty, with a haughty manner.
Fiction book (1998) -
Rose gave her a disdainful look and then ignored her, asking her mother: "When?"
Fiction book (1992) -
And my mother was very, very disdainful of that.
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If I look disdainful, nobody will notice this is my first ever ball.
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In fact, he was most disdainful of urban life.
Fiction book (1999) -
A sweet Athenian lady is in love with a disdainful youth.
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For he seems proud and disdainful, harping on what I am, not what he knew I was.
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The boys are disdainful of this lax approach but curious if it pays off.
Fiction book (1999) -
Teachers tend to view the native languages as "primitive" and doomed to extinction, and are disdainful of northern cultures.
Academic text (1991) -
I had to leave Mr. Z's office, passing by his secretary, so sharp-eyed and disdainful.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
130
3.0
Being rude or saying things that hurt someone
121
3.0
Not polite to someone, for example interrupting them
43
5.6
Acting as if someone or something is not important
39
6.9
Expressing an insulting, disrespectful view of someone or something
30
5.8
Being proud and trying to control other people
17
7.0
Showing strong dislike and clear disrespect for someone
14
8.1
Acting proud and looking down on other people
8
6.1
Feeling or acting as if you are better than other people
8
8.4
Acting like you are better than others and expecting them to obey you
7
5.1
Showing that you think someone does not deserve respect
5
3.4
Showing that you do not agree with or like something
4
8.9
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
7.0
Showing a low opinion of someone or something
1
8.5
Acting as if you are better than other people
1
8.0
Acting very proud and treating others as unimportant
Being arrogantly rude and openly disrespectful to other people
Showing that someone or something is not important and often insulting them
Antonyms
How Respectful
10
6.1
150
1.1
46
4.4
43
5.6
8
7.0
17
7.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disdainful comes from the parts dis- (meaning 'not') and dign (meaning 'worthy'), and it is related to the word dignity. So, to be disdainful is to act as if someone is 'not worthy', which is why it means showing strong dislike or a lack of respect.