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单词 disdainful
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disdainful

He looks disdainful and contemptuous and furious with his guests because he by and large is.She seems bubbly and fun one minute and cold and disdainful the next.They are well known for their arrogance and their disdainful, patronising attitude.The Tories are openly disdainful.I then give him a disdainful look as he copies Brent's routine.
(adjective) 
He gave us a disdainful glance and moved on.
Synonyms
contemptuous
She gave a contemptuous little laugh and walked away.
scornful
a scornful smile
arrogant
an air of arrogant indifference
superior
Finch gave a superior smile.
proud
She has a reputation for being proud and arrogant.
sneering
aloof
He seemed aloof and detached.
haughty
She spoke in a haughty tone.
derisive
He gave a short, derisive laugh.
supercilious
His manner is supercilious and arrogant.
high and mighty (informal)
I think you're a bit too high and mighty yourself.
hoity-toity (informal)
My auntie up from the south was trying to be all hoity-toity.
turning up your nose (at)
on your high horse (informal)
looking down your nose (at)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of aloof
Definition
distant or haughty in manner
He seemed aloof and detached.
Synonyms
distant,
cold,
reserved,
cool,
formal,
remote,
forbidding,
detached,
indifferent,
chilly,
unfriendly,
unsympathetic,
uninterested,
haughty,
unresponsive,
supercilious,
unapproachable,
unsociable,
standoffish
in the sense of arrogant
Definition
having an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance or ability
an air of arrogant indifference
Synonyms
conceited,
lordly,
assuming,
proud,
swaggering,
pompous,
pretentious,
stuck up (informal),
cocky,
contemptuous,
blustering,
imperious,
overbearing,
haughty,
scornful,
puffed up,
egotistical,
disdainful,
self-important,
presumptuous,
high-handed,
insolent,
supercilious,
high and mighty (informal),
overweening,
immodest,
swollen-headed,
bigheaded (informal),
uppish (British, informal),
too big for your boots or breeches
in the sense of derisive
Definition
mocking or scornful
He gave a short, derisive laugh.
Synonyms
mocking,
ridiculing,
jeering,
taunting,
scoffing,
contemptuous,
scornful

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