Crossword clues for disdainfulness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disdainful \Dis*dain"ful\, a. Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous; haughty.
From these
Turning disdainful to an equal good.
--Akenside.
-- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
n. The state or quality of being disdainful.
WordNet
n. the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior [syn: condescension, superciliousness]
Usage examples of "disdainfulness".
There was a selfconscious disdainfulness about him that wasn't quite right, but I put it out of my mind.
Some hinted that, for all her disdainfulness and haughty pride, she would marry Sir John if he asked her, but that he, being as brilliant a beau as she a beauty, was too fond of his pleasures and his gay town life to give them up even to a goddess who had no fortune.