disdainfuladj.
/dɪsˈdeɪnfʊl/ 1.
a. Full of or showing disdain; scornful, contemptuous, proudly disregardful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous
ollinga1200
hokerfula1275
scorningc1325
deignousc1330
despitousa1340
disdainousc1374
lightlya1400
scornfula1400
despiteous14..
endeignousc1400
hathlya1425
spitefulc1440
despitefula1450
fastidious?a1475
contemptuous1534
disdainfula1542
huff-nosed1542
lightliful1552
dainful1577
contemptible1594
sdeignful1596
disdained1598
contemptful1604
contemning1605
overlookinga1619
slight1632
slightinga1637
slightya1640
despisable1644
despicable1662
sneering1692
scornful1704
saucy1716
vilipendinga1722
fastidiose1730
unappreciating1833
scorny1836
high-sniffing1837
sniffy1871
sneery1872
sneerful1880
pejorativea1888
dismissive1930
sniffish1933
fuck you1962
the mind > emotion > pride > haughtiness or disdainfulness > [adjective]
overmoodeOE
highlyOE
overmoodOE
overmoodyOE
orgelc1175
dangerous?c1225
orgula1275
orgulousc1275
fiercec1290
hautain1297
highfulc1325
squeamousc1325
deignousc1330
digne1340
disdainousc1374
sirlya1375
lordlyc1390
high-hearteda1398
haught1430
haut1430
coppedc1449
excellentc1450
fastidious?a1475
loftyc1485
dain?1507
hichty1513
stiff-necked1526
supercilious1528
haughty1530
taunt?a1534
disdainfula1542
high in the instep1555
skeighc1560
queen-like?1571
surlyc1572
stately1579
coy1581
paughtya1586
steya1586
disdained1598
dortya1605
lordlike1605
overly1606
magnatical1608
stiff1608
surly-borne1609
high-sighted1610
lofty-minded1611
sublimed1611
patronizing1619
lording1629
sublimated1634
cavaliering1642
uncondescending1660
nose-in-the-air1673
sidy1673
fastuose1674
uncondescensive1681
condescending1707
stiff-rumped1728
fastidiose1730
cavalier1751
ogertful1754
pawky1809
supercilian1825
splendid1833
touch-me-not1852
pincé1858
high-stepping1867
eyeglassy1871
sniffy1871
cavalierly1876
snifty1889
Olympian1900
ritzy1920
mugwumpish1923
blasé1930
stiff-arsed1937
nose-high1939
a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) lvi. 9 Vnder disdaynfull browe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) iii. iv. 45 The proud disdainfull Shepherdesse That was his Mistresse. View more context for this quotation
1663 A. Cowley Ode on his Majesty's Restauration xii Cast a disdainful look behind.
1751 T. Gray Elegy viii. 6 Nor [let] Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 122 They..marched against the most renowned battalions of Europe with disdainful confidence.
b. Const. infinitive or of.
ΚΠ
1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 115v Yet are they..not disdainefull to conferre.
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII ii. iv. 121 Stubborne to Iustice..Disdainfull to be tride by't. View more context for this quotation
1746 T. Morell Judas Maccabæus Disdainful of danger, we'll rush on the foe.
1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People viii. §5. 505 An administrator, disdainful of private ends.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > anger > indignation or resentment > [adjective]
wrothc950
disdainousc1430
indigned1490
wrath1535
disdainful1548
stomachate1575
indignant1590
dudgeon1592
snarling1593
grudgeful1596
stomached1603
offended1607
stomachful1610
injured1634
indign1652
resentful1656
disobliged1673
piqued1689
begrudging1693
sorea1694
huff1714
indignant1744
dudgeoned1796
miff1797
miffed1805
ear-sore1865
niffed1880
1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlvv The malicious attemptes and disdeynfull inuencions of his enuious aduersaries.
1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle xii. sig. Fvj Vexed in hys mynde, and dysdaynefull that he is not so..fortunate as other.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective] > contemptible
unworthc893
unwrastc893
littleOE
narrow-hearteda1200
wretcha1200
unworthya1240
wretchedc1250
un-i-wrastc1275
bad1276
lechera1300
feeblea1325
despisablea1340
villain1340
contemptiblec1384
lousyc1386
caitiff1393
brothelyc1400
roinousa1425
poor1425
sevenpennyc1475
nasty1477
peakish1519
filthy1533
despectuous1541
beggary1542
scald1542
shitten?1545
disdainfula1547
contemptuous1549
despicable1553
skit-brained?1553
contemniblea1555
vile1560
sluttish1561
queer1567
scornful1570
scallardc1575
tinkerly?1576
worthless1576
beggarly?1577
paltry1578
halfpenny1579
dog bolt1580
pitiful1582
sneaking1582
triobolar1585
wormisha1586
baddy1586
dudgeon1592
measled1596
packstaff1598
roguey1598
roguish1601
contemptful1608
grovelling1608
lightly1608
disdainable1611
purulent1611
snotty-nose1622
vilipendious1630
cittern-headed1638
wormy1640
pissabed1643
triobolary1644
disparageable1648
blue-bellied1652
unestimable1656
scullion1658
piteous1667
dirty1670
shabbed1674
shabby1679
snotty1681
snotty-nosed1682
mucky1683
bollocky1694
scoundrel1700
scaldeda1704
sneaking1703
ficulnean1716
unsolid1731
pitiable1753
scrubby1754
inimitable1798
scrubbish1798
worm-likea1807
small1824
lowlife1827
ketty1828
skunkish1831
yellow-bellied1833
scaly1843
cockroachya1845
wutless1853
nigger1859
trashy1862
low-down1872
cruddy1877
shitty1879
tinhorn1886
blithering1889
motherfucking1890
snidey1890
pilgarlicky1894
shitass1895
shoddy1918
yah boo1921
bitching1929
shit-faced1932
turdish1936
fricking1937
jerk-off1937
chickenshit1940
sheg-up1941
snot-nosed1941
jerky1944
mother-loving1948
scroungy1948
fecking1952
pissant1952
shit-kicking1953
shit-eating1956
bumboclaat1957
rassclaat1957
shit-headed1959
farkakte1960
shithouse1966
daggy1967
dipshit1968
scuzzy1969
bloodclaat1971
bitch ass1972
wanky1972
streelish1974
twatty1975
twattish1976
dweeby1988
douchey1991
wank1991
cockish1996
a1547 Earl of Surrey tr. Virgil Certain Bks. Aenæis (1557) ii. sig. Civ For I my yeres disdainfull to the Gods [L. invisus divis] Haue lingred fourth.
1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 1st Pt. sig. D3v Villaine..Fall prostrate on the lowe disdainefull earth.
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