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    disdainful

    disdainful - Dictionary definition and meaning for word disdainful

    Definition
    (adj) expressing extreme contempt Definition
    (adj) having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    Example Sentence
    • 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
   Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for disdainful

It causes pain when a superior authority person shows arrogant behaviour!!!Disdainful(Painful)

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