Get to know Disdainful better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like contemptuous or swaggering.
Disdainful meaning
Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
Synonyms of Disdainful
Using Disdainful
- The main meaning on this page is: Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
- Useful related words include: contemptuous, swaggering, supercilious, sniffy.
- In the example corpus, disdainful often appears in combinations such as: disdainful of, was disdainful, is disdainful.
Context around Disdainful
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Disdainful
- In this selection, "disdainful" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, openly, lars, academics, vibe, approach and dad stand out and add context to how "disdainful" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a really disdainful vibe to and action was disdainful and undermined. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "disdainful" sits close to words such as aav, abdicating and abductor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with disdainful
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The reaction was disdainful. (4 words)
Finding her new world cold, Mary is disdainful of her uncle's home. (13 words)
Such talk likely would have scandalized Mugabe, who was openly disdainful of the drug. (14 words)
The president of Argentina has a brash style like Trump, rebukes multilateral institutions like the United Nations and has taken a disdainful approach to diplomacy, snubbing meetings with the leaders of traditional allies like Brazil and Spain. (37 words)
In addition, Biafra was disdainful of the reunion, and having long expressed his disdain for nostalgia and rock reunion/oldies tours in particular, argued that the whole affair was motivated by greed. (32 words)
Postmodern academics, disdainful of America and the West, know that the best way to bring down our political and economic system is to refashion our history for future generations. (29 words)
Example sentences (16)
Finding her new world cold, Mary is disdainful of her uncle's home.
But in practice, I found that this kind of performance has a really disdainful vibe to it.
The president of Argentina has a brash style like Trump, rebukes multilateral institutions like the United Nations and has taken a disdainful approach to diplomacy, snubbing meetings with the leaders of traditional allies like Brazil and Spain.
The reaction was disdainful.
Their songs certainly aren't appreciated by Lars' disdainful dad, Erick (Pierce Brosnan), who complains about all the electricity they use practising in his basement.
Postmodern academics, disdainful of America and the West, know that the best way to bring down our political and economic system is to refashion our history for future generations.
An alumnus, Okoli Offorbuike, said the action was disdainful and undermined the cliché “Kings and Queens” used for students at the university.
Half of the faculty didn’t speak to the other half and the medical faculty operated with disdainful independence.
It is shameful if not disdainful that Onwuemeodo will raise his empty head to begin to make comparison when he has innocently murdered the image of his principal.
Such talk likely would have scandalized Mugabe, who was openly disdainful of the drug.
For most of his adult life, he was disdainful of cars, preferring to ride a bicycle.
In addition, Biafra was disdainful of the reunion, and having long expressed his disdain for nostalgia and rock reunion/oldies tours in particular, argued that the whole affair was motivated by greed.
Milton was disdainful of the university curriculum, which consisted of stilted formal debates conducted in Latin on abstruse topics.
The term was often used in 1950s science fiction film and novels by aliens to express a disdainful or patronising tone towards creatures from Earth.
While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy is disdainful of local society and repeatedly clashes with the Bennets' lively second daughter, Elizabeth.
Wise is frequently and openly disdainful of Temple, and agrees with Fitz that his romantic intentions with Penhaligon are somewhat deluded.
Common combinations with disdainful
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- disdainful of 9×
- was disdainful 5×
- is disdainful 2×
- openly disdainful 2×