Synonyms for disdainful
- adjective
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Adjective
contemptuous, scornful, haughty, supercilious, arrogant, dismissive, condescending, prideful UK US CA, derisive, cavalier, snooty informal, insolent, pompous, imperious, disrespectful, cocky, proud, uppity, presumptuous, insulting, overbearing, hubristic
Definitions
- adj. 1
Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
She glimpsed at the people whom she had left behind, and smirked in the most disdainful manner towards them.
Related words
- Is a kind of
- arrogant bumptious entitled imperious magisterial
Example sentences
- dismissive Everybody hates Fadil for his dismissive attitude.
- haughty That haughty girl thinks she's better than everyone.
- contemptuous Tom seems to be contemptuous of ordinary people.
- scornful Everybody is fed up with Dan's scornful attitude.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| disdainful | rising | |
| dismissive | rising | |
| haughty | rising | |
| contemptuous | steady | |
| scornful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- proud1, cocky2
- 6 letters
- snooty2, uppity3
- 7 letters
- pompous2, haughty2
- 8 letters
- arrogant3, cavalier3, insolent3, prideful, derisive3, scornful2
- 9 letters
- insulting3, imperious4, hubristic
- 10 letters
- dismissive3
- 11 letters
- overbearing4
- 12 letters
- presumptuous4, contemptuous4, supercilious5
- 13 letters
- disrespectful4, condescending4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cocky2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- dédaigneux
- Italiano
- disdegnoso
- Español
- desdeñoso