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# disdainful

«disdainful» in Mova's school dictionary: **Showing that you think someone or something is not worth…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (disdainful, more disdainful, most disdainful)

### meaning for a pupil

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

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

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disdainful» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disdainful/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.