Disdainful and Pretentious

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Disdainful adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.

Usage example: a disdainful attitude toward people who work as waiters and waitresses

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Pretentious and disdainful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pretentious" instead an adjective "Disdainful".

Pretentious adjective - Self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance.

Usage example: that pretentious couple always serves caviar at their parties, even though they themselves dislike it

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Disdainful and pretentious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disdainful" instead an adjective "Pretentious".

Anton Chekhov's short play The Bear: the boorish Large Ham Smirnov is at first very disdainful to his debtor's widow Popova, finding her prissy and pretentious, but becomes smitten when Popova reveals to be a Hidden Badass.

Source: Love at First Punch
She's the cast member with the clearest preference for classic, pretentious, and/or just plain brutally difficult games, the most disdainful of fanservice, and generally goes for the most complicated strategy in any game.

Source: Black and Nerdy
Love at First Punch: In the short play The Bear, the boorish Large Ham Smirnov is at first very disdainful to his debtor's widow Popova, finding her prissy and pretentious, but becomes smitten when Popova reveals to be a Hidden Badass.

Source: Creator / Anton Chekhov

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