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Adjective: disdainful  dis'deyn-ful
  1. Expressing extreme contempt
    "he couldn't suppress his disdainful accent";
    - contemptuous, insulting, scornful
     
  2. Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
    "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines";
    - haughty, imperious, lordly, overbearing, prideful, sniffy [informal], supercilious, swaggering, toplofty [US, informal], orgulous [archaic]

See also: disrespectful, proud

Encyclopedia: Disdainful