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disdainful
Overview of adj disdainful
The adj disdainful has 2 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful -- (expressing extreme contempt)
2. disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering -- (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"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer)
Grep of noun disdainful
disdainfulness
Antonyms of adj disdainful
2 senses of disdainful
Sense 1
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful
INDIRECT (VIA disrespectful) -> respectful
Sense 2
disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
INDIRECT (VIA proud) -> humble
Similarity of adj disdainful
2 senses of disdainful
Sense 1
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful
=> disrespectful (vs. respectful)
Sense 2
disdainful, haughty, lordly, prideful, sniffy, supercilious, swaggering
=> proud (vs. humble)
Pertainyms of adj disdainful
Attributes of adj disdainful
Domain of adj disdainful
Domain Terms of adj disdainful
Familiarity of adj disdainful
disdainful used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj disdainful
disdainful
Grep of adv disdainful
disdainfully
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