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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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