Skip to content
GREMockTests
GRE vocabulary

disdainful

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore D words

showing contempt or a lack of respect

In a sentence

Disdainful in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing disdainful in a sentence.

She cast a disdainful glance at the cheap imitation.

Synonyms
Antonyms
respectfuladmiringdeferential
Common questions

Questions about “disdainful

Disdainful (adjective) means showing contempt or a lack of respect
Here is disdainful used in an example sentence: "She cast a disdainful glance at the cheap imitation."
Common synonyms for disdainful include contemptuous, scornful, supercilious.
Antonyms of disdainful include respectful, admiring, deferential.
Disdainful is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

Learn words the way the GRE tests them.

Vocabulary sticks when you meet it in real sentences. Practise these words inside text completion and sentence equivalence questions.