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dismissive
adjective as in disdainful
adjective as in scornful
adjective as in prideful
Weak matches
- aloof
- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- boastful
- bossy
- bragging
- cavalier
- cheeky
- cocky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistic
- egotistical
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- imperious
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lofty
- lordly
- narcissistic
- on an ego trip
- on one's high horse
- overbearing
- overweening
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- self-satisfied
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck-up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
- vain
- vainglorious
Example Sentences
However, the same critic also dismissively described Gary as an "ultra-shallow album".
As such, when Jinx commits her terrorist attack, both the immediate victims and Piltover citizens overall are aggressively dismissive of arguments about Zaunian social justice.
A few weeks ago one of Russia’s most acerbic news anchors was completely dismissive of Harris’s political abilities.
“He didn’t have a single legal argument to prevent the publication of these documents and he was very dismissive of the public’s right to know which is a significant legal consideration,” Cobb said.
"In what situation does shouting at anybody or being that dismissive help the situation?" she said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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