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# disdainful

adjective (disdainful, more disdainful, most disdainful)

«disdainful» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Showing that you think someone or something is not worth respect; scornful. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainful/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories a prince or a proud animal makes a disdainful remark or turns away with a disdainful air

### Examples

- The prince gave a disdainful look at the gift. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainful/#x1)
- The leopard made disdainful remarks about the fox. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainful/#x2)
- Do not be so disdainful of your little brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainful/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disdainful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainful/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disdainful» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disdainful.html) on Mova free.