| 单词 | disdainfully |
| 释义 | disdainfully (once / 4022 pages) adv When you do something disdainfully, you do it with disapproval or contempt. You might look disdainfully at an airplane passenger who's yelling at his young son. When you act disdainfully toward someone, you're expressing your lack of respect — either for the person himself, or what he's doing. If your grandmother disapproves of just about everyone she meets, she'll probably glance disdainfully at your friends when they show up in their loud car to pick you up. The Old French root of disdainfully is desdeignier, "scorn, refuse, or repudiate," from des, "do the opposite of," and deignier, "treat with respect." WORD FAMILYdisdainful: disdainfully, disdainfulness+/disdain: disdained, disdainful, disdaining, disdains USAGE EXAMPLESMs. Goodman said disdainfully: “There are people who buy and sell art as if it were shares in ranches or something that like.” New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) Older conservative men who have turned against Ms. Park since the scandal often disdainfully refer to her as an “unfilial daughter.” New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) Instead, disdainfully and characteristically, he produced it as an executive agreement. Washington Post(Nov 09, 2016) 1adv without respect; in a disdainful manner Syn contemptuously, contumeliously, scornfully 2adv in a proud and domineering manner Syn cavalierly |
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