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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

express scorn, sneer at, or openly disrespect;

e.g. She stared at him in disdainful silence as he continued to mooch off his parents.

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Similar Words

Abhorrent

Belittling

Condescending

Contemptuous

Demeaning

Deprecating

Deprecatory

Derisory

Derogatory

Disaffected

Disparaging

Foulmouthed

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-toned

Highfalutin

Hoity-toity

Lofty

Lordly

Mean-spirited

Outrageous

Pejorative

Potty-mouthed

Prideful

Proud

Regimental

Scornful

Self-aggrandizing

Self-dramatizing

Self-flattering

Slighting

Superior

Than

Uncomplimentary

Unkindly

Unloving

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Opposite Words

Accepting

Acquiescent

Affected

Apologetic

Appreciative

Approving

Attached

Bashful

Compliant

Complimentary

Courteous

Deferential

Demure

Diffident

Disarming

Down-to-earth

Endearing

Favorable

Fond

Friendly

Good

Homely

Humble

Inclined

Infatuated

Ingratiating

Insinuating

Kind

Kindhearted

Kindly

Laudatory

Lowly

Meek

Modest

Partial

Passive

Praiseful

Quiet

Reserved

Resigned

Respectful

Retiring

Self-deprecating

Self-deprecatory

Self-doubting

Shy

Subdued

Submissive

Sympathetic

Timid

Tolerant

Unarrogant

Unassertive

Unassuming

Unbitter

Unobtrusive

Unpretentious

Warm

Warmhearted

Winning

Winsome

Yielding

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Related Words

Abusive

Acrid

Acrimonious

Affected

Arrogant

Assumptive

Assured

Audacious

Authoritarian

Authoritative

Autocratic

Biggety

Bitchy

Bitter

Bloated

Bold

Bold-faced

Bombastic

Bossy

Brash

Brassy

Brazen

Bumptious

Catty

Caustic

Cavalier

Cheeky

Chesty

Cocksure

Cocky

Complacent

Conceited

Condescending

Confident

Consequential

Contumelious

Cruel

Despiteful

Despotic

Dictatorial

Discourteous

Domineering

Egocentric

Egotistical

Envious

Familiar

Forward

Free

Fresh

Grandiose

Hard

Hateful

Haughty

Hifalutin

High-handed

High-hat

High-minded

High-sounding

Highfalutin

Huffy

Imperious

Impertinent

Important

Impudent

Insolent

Invective

Jaundiced

Jealous

La-di-da

Libelous

Lofty

Lordly

Magisterial

Malevolent

Malicious

Malign

Malignant

Masterful

Mean

Opprobrious

Ostentatious

Overbearing

Overconfident

Overfamiliar

Overweening

Patronizing

Peremptory

Pompous

Presumptuous

Pretentious

Prideful

Proud

Rancorous

Resentful

Ribbing

Sassy

Saucy

Scathing

Scurrilous

Self-asserting

Self-assertive

Self-assured

Self-centered

Self-glorifying

Self-important

Self-satisfied

Selfish

Slanderous

Smug

Sniffy

Snippy

Snobbish

Sore

Spiteful

Stiff-necked

Stuck-up

Supercilious

Superior

Sure

Toplofty

Truculent

Tyrannical

Tyrannous

Unkind

Uppity

Vain

Vainglorious

Venomous

Vicious

Virulent

Vituperative

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