disdainful
adjective
1. expressing extreme contempt
Similar word(s): disrespectful, contemptuous, insulting, scornful
2. 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
Similar word(s): proud, haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
Sentences with disdainful as an adjective:
- 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.