Disdainful
Disdainful adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: disdainful remarks regarding the cheap clothes that the local people were wearing
Uncomplimentary and disdainful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Uncomplimentary" instead an adjective "Disdainful".
Uncomplimentary
Uncomplimentary adjective - Intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value.
Usage example: an uncomplimentary description of the town in which the writer grew up
Disdainful and uncomplimentary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disdainful" instead an adjective "Uncomplimentary".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and disdainful
- critical and uncomplimentary
- insulting and disdainful
- insulting and uncomplimentary
- scornful and disdainful
- scornful and uncomplimentary
- contemptuous and disdainful
- contemptuous and uncomplimentary
- derisive and disdainful
- derisive and uncomplimentary
- irreverent and disdainful
- irreverent and uncomplimentary
- deprecatory and disdainful
- deprecatory and uncomplimentary
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