disdainful - meaning and definition. What is disdainful
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What (who) is disdainful - definition

FEELING OR ATTITUDE OF REGARDING SOMEONE OR SOMETHING AS INFERIOR, BASE, OR WORTHLESS
Comtempt; Disdainful; Can Bite Me; Contemptible; Disrespect; Contemptuous; Contemn; Contemns; Contemned; Contemning; Contempts; Contemptuousness; Contemner; Contemners; Disdain
  • A painting by [[Louis-Léopold Boilly]] (ca. 1797).<br>The woman has been interpreted as a [[prostitute]] (who is '''disdaining''' the inadequate coin proffered by the fashionable gentleman getting his shoes shined at left).
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  • Facial expression of contempt
  • This picture of Thomas Ward, arrested for stealing a £1 coin, can be seen as showing contempt.

Disdainful         
·adj Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
disdainful         
¦ adjective showing contempt or lack of respect.
Derivatives
disdainfully adverb
disdainfulness noun
disdainful         
To be disdainful means to dislike something or someone because you think they are unimportant or not worth your attention.
He is highly disdainful of anything to do with the literary establishment...
= scornful, contemptuous
ADJ: oft ADJ of n
disdainfully
'We know all about you,' she said disdainfully.
ADV: ADV with v

Wikipedia

Contempt

Contempt is an attitude towards individuals, social groups and eventually ideologies, which involves disgust and anger while generally triggering maladaptive behaviours. However other authors define contempt as a negative emotion. Paul Ekman categorises contempt as the seventh basic emotion, along with anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness and surprise. Robert C. Solomon places contempt on the same continuum as resentment and anger, and he argues that the differences between the three are that resentment is anger directed towards a higher-status individual; anger is directed towards an equal-status individual; and contempt is anger directed towards a lower-status individual.

Pronunciation examples for disdainful
1. disdainful remarks
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2. I'm not at all disdainful about--
You Think It, I'll Say It _ Curtis Sittenfeld _ Talks at Google
3. not totally. It’s also reason. It’s all three. It’s absolutely wrong. It’s disdainful.
The Reason for God _ Tim Keller _ Talks at Google
4. be very disdainful, perhaps, of the cooking of Lazio in the
Nigellissima _ Nigella Lawson _ Talks at Google
5. I mean, there's all this ambivalence. In other words, "I'm disdainful of religion, but at
Spiritual Envy _ Michael Krasny _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of disdainful
1. But Bush seems almost disdainful of politics these days.
2. Robert Schultz, a Fells Point artist, is disdainful.
3. At that point, Obama says, "I was somewhat disdainful of politics.
4. He is equally disdainful of those who want to see the bombers as brainwashed or disturbed.
5. But she will be sure to give the President a disdainful send–off.