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What is another word for disdainful?

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Exhibiting a haughty or arrogant contempt or lack of respect

Disparaging, or tending, or intending to be, belittling

Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

Showing no affection or having a lack of emotion

Unfriendly or aggressive in nature

Not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own

Hating or disliking mankind

Bitter or resentful in nature

Cruel, unkind or hateful in nature or character

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Exhibiting a haughty or arrogant contempt or lack of respect

looking down your nose at

turning up your nose at

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

too big for your boots

too big for your breeches

throwing one's weight around

too big for your britches

throwing one's weight about

wrapped up in oneself

pleased with yourself

think too highly of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

well pleased

inward-looking

in love with oneself

think a lot of oneself

wanky

crowing

priggish

blowing one's own horn

think one is the cat's pyjamas

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

offensively self-assertive

self-indulgent

self-sufficient

having a swelled head

wrapped up with oneself

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

windbag

looking after number one

phony^US

phoney^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

big talking

easy-going

like the cat that got the cream

self-possessed

resting on your laurels

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“His anti-scientism appears to be a central reason for his disdainful attitude towards modern Western culture.”

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Disparaging, or tending, or intending to be, belittling

patronising^UK

patronizing^US

libellous^UK

libelous^US

unfavorable^US

minimizing^US

minimising^UK

politically incorrect

dishonoring^US

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

beneath one's dignity

libeling^US

libelling^UK

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“His disdainful remarks about Western decadence were made mainly in discussions with representatives of the Soviet public.”

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Showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

throwing one's weight around

smart-assed^US

smart-arsed^UK

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Showing no affection or having a lack of emotion

wintery^UK

wintry^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

humourless^UK

humorless^US

ill-humored^US

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Unfriendly or aggressive in nature

unfavorable^US

not on speaking terms

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Not tolerant of views, beliefs, or behavior that differ from one's own

set in one's opinions

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Hating or disliking mankind

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Bitter or resentful in nature

with a chip on your shoulder

with chip on shoulder

as cross as two sticks

ill-humored^US

antagonized^US

antagonised^UK

with all guns blazing

scandalized^US

scandalised^UK

caviling^US

cavilling^UK

beside yourself with rage

sombre^UK

somber^US

dishonored^US

dishonoured^UK

having got out of bed on the wrong side

like a bear with a sore head

having got out of bed the wrong side

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Cruel, unkind or hateful in nature or character

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