overbearing suggests a tyrannical manner or an intolerable insolence.
an overbearing supervisor
supercilious implies a cool, patronizing haughtiness.
an aloof and supercilious manner
disdainful suggests a more active and openly scornful superciliousness.
disdainful of their social inferiors
Examples of disdainful in a Sentence
He looked at the waiter with a disdainful glare.
a disdainful attitude toward authority
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The Falcons were equally disdainful of Ridder with Monday night’s game plan.—Vic Tafur, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024 Just days before the Nov. 5 general election, at a time when both campaigns are fighting for voters’ attention, Biden’s remark has given the Trump campaign fodder to portray Biden and the Democrats as divisive or disdainful of Trump’s base of supporters.—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024 Piketty’s inattention to that problem comes across as deliberate and almost disdainful.—Arvind Subramanian, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020 Sure, this is all meaningful information to most Star Wars fans, who know the Sith as the primary anti-Jedi order, disdainful of the Jedi rules about how and why to use the Force.—Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for disdainful
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