Meaning & Definition of Disdainful in English

1. Expressing extreme contempt

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"

• "A more swaggering mood than usual"- w.l.shirer