disdainfulness

2 definitions found

disdainfulness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Disdainful \Dis*dain"ful\, a.
     Full of disdain; expressing disdain; scornful; contemptuous;
     haughty.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           From these
           Turning disdainful to an equal good.     --Akenside.
     -- Dis*dain"ful*ly, adv. -- Dis*dain"ful*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

disdainfulness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  disdainfulness
      n 1: the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those
           considered inferior [syn: condescension,
           superciliousness, disdainfulness]