disdainfully
In sneering manner
Disdainfully means with open contempt or scorn, conveying that something or someone is beneath consideration.
The manner suggests superiority: She looked disdainfully at the cheap wine.
He disdainfully dismissed their concerns.
The word implies not just disapproval but a sense that the object isn't worth serious attention.
With sneering contempt
- contemptuouslyWith scorn or derision
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- sneeringlyWith mocking disdain
- haughtilyWith disdainful superiority
condescendingly · derisively · superciliously · mockingly · disparagingly · slightingly · patronizingly · scathingly
With excessive pride
- proudlyWith evident self-satisfaction
- loftilyIn superior fashion
- alooflyIn detached manner
- aristocraticallyIn noble manner
regally · grandly · pompously · pretentiously · snobbily · elitist · highhandedly · above it all
Contemptuously refusing or dismissing
- rebuffingCurtly refusing or dismissing
- refusingDeclining to accept
- rejectingRefusing to accept
- decliningDecreasing in strength
snubbing · brushing off · turning away · cold shoulder · ignoring · shunning · disregarding · waving away
scornfully
With sneering contempt
- contemptuouslyWith scorn or derision
- dismissivelyShowing something unworthy of consideration
- sneeringlyWith mocking disdain
haughtily · condescendingly · derisively · superciliously · mockingly · disparagingly · slightingly · patronizingly · scathingly · witheringly
arrogantly
With excessive pride
aristocratically · regally · grandly · pompously · pretentiously · snobbily · elitist · highhandedly · above it all · looking down
spurning
Contemptuously refusing or dismissing
declining · snubbing · brushing off · turning away · cold shoulder · ignoring · shunning · disregarding · waving away · casting off
- arrogant adverbshaughtily, smugly, pompously, condescendingly, superciliously
- harshlyharshly, sharply, curtly, bluntly, rudely
disdainfullyadmiringly
With visible approval
respectfully · reverently · appreciatively · approvingly · flatteringly
disdainfullywarmly
With affection shown
fondly · affectionately · lovingly · cordially · graciously
disdainfullyhumbly
Without pride or arrogance
modestly · meekly · self-effacingly · deferentially · unpretentiously