disdainful

English

Alternative forms

• disdainfull (obsolete)

Etymology

From disdain +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪsˈdeɪn.fəl/

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Adjective

disdainful (comparative more disdainful, superlative most disdainful)

1. 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

Antonyms

• respectful

Derived terms

• disdainfully
• disdainfulness

Translations

showing contempt or scorn

• Belarusian: пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy)
• Bulgarian: презри́телен (bg) (prezrítelen), пренебрежи́телен (bg) (prenebrežítelen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕蔑的 / 轻蔑的 (zh) (qīngmiè de), 侮辱的 (zh) (wǔrǔ de, wūrǔ de)

• Czech: pohrdavý, opovržlivý, přezíravý
• Dutch: laatdunkend (nl), minachtend (nl), neerbuigend (nl)
• French: dédaigneux (fr) m
• German: geringschätzig (de), verächtlich (de)
• Greek: ακατάδεκτος (el) (akatádektos)
• Italian: sprezzante (it), disdegnoso (it) m
• Latin: fastōsus
• Middle English: disdeynous
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: foraktelig

• Polish: pogardliwy (pl)
• Romanian: disprețuitor (ro)
• Russian: презри́тельный (ru) (prezrítelʹnyj), пренебрежи́тельный (ru) (prenebrežítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: desdeñoso (es), displicente (es)
• Swedish: föraktfull (sv)
• Ukrainian: прези́рливий (prezýrlyvyj), пого́рдливий (pohórdlyvyj)