All disdainful synonyms
dis·dain·ful
D d adj disdainful
- derisive — A derisive noise, expression, or remark expresses contempt.
- haughty — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- arrogant — Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud, unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that they are more important than others.
- averse — If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it.
- aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
- contemptuous — If you are contemptuous of someone or something, you do not like or respect them at all.
- scouting — a soldier, warship, airplane, etc., employed in reconnoitering.
- toplofty — condescending; haughty.
- antipathetic — having or arousing a strong aversion
- cavalier — If you describe a person or their behaviour as cavalier, you are criticizing them because you think that they do not consider other people's feelings or take account of the seriousness of a situation.
- cool — Something that is cool has a temperature which is low but not very low.
- hoity-toity — assuming airs; pretentious; haughty.
- indifferent — without interest or concern; not caring; apathetic: his indifferent attitude toward the suffering of others.
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- lordly — suitable for a lord, as trappings or ceremonies; grand or magnificent.
- overbearing — domineering; dictatorial; haughtily or rudely arrogant.
- proud — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
- sneering — to smile, laugh, or contort the face in a manner that shows scorn or contempt: They sneered at his pretensions.
- snooty — snobbish.
- supercilious — haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
- uppity — affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.
- contemning — to treat or regard with disdain, scorn, or contempt.
- high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
adjective disdainful
- scornful — full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.
- condescending — If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
- mocking — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- despising — Present participle of despise.