Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disdainful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Disdainful \Dis*dain"ful\, a.
Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous;
haughty.
From these Turning disdainful to an equal good.
--Akenside.
-- {Dis*dain"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Dis*dain"ful*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
disdainful
adj 1: expressing extreme contempt [syn: {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"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners
were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very
sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my
clothes with a supercilious air"; "shaggy supercilious
camels"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer
[syn: {haughty}, {lordly}, {prideful}, {sniffy}, {supercilious},
{swaggering}]
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