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\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
He looked at the leader with a disdainful smile. 他帶著鄙視的微笑看著領導。
This was perhaps a somewhat disdainful epitome. 這句話不免帶點蔑視的口氣。
He affects the disdainful petulance of a rock star. 他假裝出搖滾明星般倔傲的任性。
The lady dismissed her maid with a disdainful nod. 貴婦人輕蔑地點一點頭,將她的女仆打發走了。