Antonyms for disdainful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : dis-deyn-fuhl, dih-steyn- |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈdeɪn fəl, dɪˈsteɪn- |
Definition of disdainful
- adj scornful
- That he had lived in the City all his life and was disdainful of other localities, no doubt.
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- That disdainful glance of his on the first evening I could never forget, billah.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- I did not protest, from a feeling of a sort of disdainful indifference.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
- She looked at him, and laughed; a cold laugh, disdainful, yet not bitter.
- Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
- But he checked the impulse with a disdainful curve of his lips.
- Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
- Had you been another kind of man I might have been too hopeless or too disdainful.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- Have you heard why she looked so disdainful at the Queen's Game last evening?
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- It penetrated his brain that he had been going too fast with this disdainful beauty.
- Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
- "Your medicine is good, Giaour," she said, with the ghost of a disdainful laugh.
- Extract from : « Paul Patoff » by F. Marion Crawford
- But his lips added nothing to the insult of that disdainful look.
- Extract from : « Trail's End » by George W. Ogden
Synonyms for disdainful
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019