disdainfulness
Superior dismissive attitude
Disdainfulness is the quality of regarding others or their concerns as beneath one's notice—a haughty contempt that dismisses rather than engages.
The word emphasizes the persistent attitude rather than a single act: Her disdainfulness toward the new employees made the office uncomfortable.
It suggests not just disapproval but superiority.
Disdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
imperiousness · loftiness · high-handedness · snootiness · uppishness · lordliness · patronizing · pomposity
Hostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
- revulsionIntense physical disgust
antipathy · aversion · repugnance · disgust · deprecation · contemptuousness · disfavor · disregard
Excessive self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
- hubrisRuinous excessive confidence
smugness · pride · overconfidence · self-regard · self-satisfaction · narcissism · pretension · grandiosity
haughtiness
Disdainful sense of superiority
- superciliousnessScornful sense of superiority
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- snobberyPretentious social superiority
aloofness · imperiousness · loftiness · high-handedness · snootiness · uppishness · lordliness · patronizing · pomposity · self-importance
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
- loathingIntense, settled disgust
revulsion · antipathy · aversion · repugnance · disgust · deprecation · contemptuousness · disfavor · disregard · abhorrence
arrogance
Excessive self-importance
- conceitExaggerated self-admiration
- vanityExcessive pride in oneself
- egotismInflated sense of self-importance
hubris · smugness · pride · overconfidence · self-regard · self-satisfaction · narcissism · pretension · grandiosity · vainglory
sneering
Expressing scorn facially
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
taunting · jeering · snubbing · slighting · belittlement · sarcasm · jibes · insults · eye-rolling · sniffing
disdainfulnessadmiration
Deep respect felt
respect · reverence · esteem · regard · veneration
disdainfulnesshumility
Freedom from arrogance
modesty · humbleness · unpretentiousness · meekness · self-effacement
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