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disdainfully

[dis-deyn-fuhl, dih-steyn-]

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adjective

full of or showing disdain; scornful.

Origin:
1535–45; disdain + -ful

Related forms

dis·dain·ful·ly, adverb

dis·dain·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms
contemptuous, haughty, contumelious.

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Thirty-seven percent of black people said they had been treated disdainfully or disrespectfully in the past year.

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disdainful (dɪsˈdeɪnfʊl)

—*adj*
	showing or feeling disdain

disdainfully

—*adv*

disdainfulness

—n

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