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单词 disdainfully
释义

disdainful

adjective

dis·​dain·​ful dis-ˈdān-fəl How to pronounce disdainful (audio)
: full of or expressing contempt for someone or something regarded as unworthy or inferior : full of or expressing scorn or disdain
a disdainful glare
is disdainful of all modern art
disdainfully
dis-ˈdān-fə-lē How to pronounce disdainful (audio)
adverb
disdainfulness noun

Synonyms

  • abhorrent
  • contemptuous
  • scornful
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Example Sentences

He looked at the waiter with a disdainful glare. a disdainful attitude toward authority
Recent Examples on the Web Michael Moritz, who started his career as a journalist, is disdainful of such verbosity. Daniel Rasmussen, WSJ, 6 Sep. 2022 Though the reader knows better, the young narrator is marvelously secure in his superiority as a bona fide antiracist, and marvelously disdainful of his bona fide racist parents. New York Times, 12 July 2022 My mother whips her head around and casts me a disdainful look. Yuxi Lin, Longreads, 25 Mar. 2019 Twitter is advancing this position so that a disdainful hypocrite will be forced to buy it. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 13 July 2022 When Howie falls for Charlie (James Scully), the cute doctor comes as a package deal with the disdainful Cooper (Nick Adams) and aloof Will (Conrad Ricamora), who strikes an instant love-hate sizzle with Noah. Justin J Wee, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2022 Thanks to redistricting Axne’s district saw an influx of more than 5,000 Republican voters, mostly rural, that are likely to be disdainful of her voting record and relationship with Biden. Brittany Shepherd, ABC News, 8 June 2022 After Eskic’s post, Alessandro Rigolon, an assistant U. professor of city and metropolitan planning, noted that the roster of Yalecrest panelists did not include any planners — which Hemming said in her complaints was mocking and disdainful. The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 June 2022 Scenes between Mitchell and the disdainful Admiral Simpson (Jon Hamm) are culturally enlightening — boyish Cruise is a star; five-o’clock-shadow Hamm, from Mad Men, is TV trite. Armond White, National Review, 27 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

see disdain entry 2

First Known Use

circa 1542, in the meaning defined above

disdainfully

adverb

as in contemptuously

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • contemptuously
  • scornfully
  • spitefully
  • hatefully
  • nastily
  • viciously
  • caustically
  • malevolently
  • bitterly
  • resentfully
  • despitefully
  • vituperatively
  • vindictively
  • hostilely
  • malignantly
  • maliciously
  • villainously
  • venomously
  • cattily
  • wickedly
  • enviously
  • bitchily
  • invidiously
  • virulently
  • obnoxiously
  • unfeelingly
  • antagonistically
  • unkindly
  • balefully
  • callously
  • cruelly
  • deprecatingly
  • rancorously
  • pitilessly
  • heartlessly
  • acrimoniously
  • mercilessly
  • ruthlessly
  • jealously
  • ungraciously
  • disagreeably
  • meanly
  • insensitively
  • inhumanely
  • soullessly
  • envyingly
  • felly
  • hard-heartedly
  • evil-mindedly
  • diabolically
  • kindlessly
  • fiendishly
  • caddishly
  • ill
  • thoughtlessly
  • inconsiderately
  • ill-naturedly
  • misanthropically

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • kindly
  • benevolently
  • benignantly
  • amiably
  • genially
  • graciously
  • affably
  • pleasantly
  • cordially
  • agreeably
  • thoughtfully
  • nicely
  • lovingly
  • solicitously
  • sympathetically
  • good-humoredly
  • feelingly
  • good-naturedly
  • considerately
  • gently
  • humanely
  • kindheartedly
  • mercifully
  • sensitively
  • altruistically
  • sweetly
  • good-heartedly
  • soulfully
  • compassionately
  • tenderly
  • angelically
  • divinely
  • softheartedly
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