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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
disdain + -ful
Pronunciation
Adjective
disdainful (comparative more disdainful, superlative most disdainful)
- Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
- He was disdainful of those he thought of as the little people. He openly sneered at them. They mocked him behind his back.
- She glimpsed at the people whom she had left behind, and smirked in the most disdainful manner towards them.
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Translations
showing contempt or scorn
- Belarusian: пага́рдлівы (pahárdlivy)
- Bulgarian: презри́телен (bg) (prezrítelen), пренебрежи́телен (bg) (prenebrežítelen)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 輕蔑的／轻蔑的 (zh) (qīngmiè de), 侮辱的 (zh) (wǔrǔ de, wūrǔ de)
- Dutch: laatdunkend (nl), minachtend (nl), neerbuigend (nl)
- French: dédaigneux (fr) m
- German: geringschätzig (de), verächtlich (de)
- Greek: ακατάδεκτος (el) (akatádektos)
- Italian: sprezzante (it), disdegnoso (it) m
- Latin: fastōsus
- Middle English: disdeynous
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: foraktelig
- Polish: pogardliwy (pl)
- Romanian: disprețuitor (ro)
- Russian: презри́тельный (ru) (prezrítelʹnyj), пренебрежи́тельный (ru) (prenebrežítelʹnyj)
- Spanish: desdeñoso (es), displicente (es)
- Swedish: föraktfull (sv)
- Ukrainian: прези́рливий (prezýrlyvyj), пого́рдливий (pohórdlyvyj)
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