Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disdainfulness"

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)

disdainfulness
n : the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those
considered inferior [syn: {condescension}, {superciliousness}]


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