disdainful
/dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/
disdainful adjective: showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
Adjective
disdainful (comparative more disdainful, superlative most disdainful)
- Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
- He was disdainful of those he thought of as the little people. He openly sneered at them. They mocked him behind his back.
- She glimpsed at the people whom she had left behind, and smirked in the most disdainful manner towards them.
- Synonyms:
- despising, scornful, contemptuous, supercilious, belittling, blistering, contumelious, deprecative, derogative, dismissive
disdainful meaning in Malayalam
disdainful in Malayalam
- scornful, contemptuous, derisive
- അവജ്ഞയോടെ കാണുന്ന, അവജ്ഞയുള്ള, വെറുപ്പുനിറഞ്ഞ, വെറുപ്പുള്ള, പുച്ഛത്തോടെയുള്ള, നിന്ദയുള്ള
Examples of disdainful in a sentence
- She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.
- In contrast, the best of the Pantomime villains are even entitled to misbehave, overact, and be disdainful of the audience.
- “On ice?” Once more the disdainful tone.
Synonyms of disdainful
- despising
- scornful
- contemptuous
- supercilious
- belittling
- blistering
- contumelious
- deprecative
- derogative
- dismissive
Antonyms
Forms of disdainful
| comparative | more disdainful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disdainful |
| alternative form (obsolete) | disdainfull |
Origin of disdainful
From disdain + -ful.
Words formed from disdainful
Questions about disdainful
- What does disdainful mean?
- Disdainful means showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
- What is disdainful in Malayalam?
- Disdainful in Malayalam is അവജ്ഞയോടെ കാണുന്ന, അവജ്ഞയുള്ള, വെറുപ്പുനിറഞ്ഞ. See Disdainful meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is disdainful?
- Disdainful is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disdainful?
- Disdainful is pronounced /dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/ (UK).
Words near disdainful in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disdainful (page history and authors); disdainful (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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