DISDAINFUL - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Adjective

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Example: 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