DISDAINFUL

• (adj.) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

  "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines", "haughty aristocrats", "his lordly manners were offensive", "walked with a prideful swagger", "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette", "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air", "a more swaggering mood than usual"

  synonyms : haughty , imperious , lordly , overbearing , prideful , sniffy , supercilious , swaggering

  The imperious villain usually dies in the hand of hero in most of the movies. -added by bluegenetic

  an imperious little boy who liked to tell the other scouts what to do -added by nithi

• (adj.) expressing extreme contempt

  synonyms : contemptuous , insulting , scornful

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