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say it: dis-DAYN-fuhl
disdainful is an adjective meaning "expressing extreme contempt". It carries 2 recorded senses.
expressing extreme contempt
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”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for disdainful come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.