disdainful, short of disdain, makeover

Elisa Miller for The New York Times

Tired of Image, Lobbyists Try Makeover

By ERIC LICHTBLAU 47 minutes ago

Some of Washington’s leading lobbyists are mounting a concerted push to earn, if not respectability, at least something short of disdain. Above, Howard Marlowe.

disdainful
adj.
Expressive of disdain; scornful and contemptuous. See synonyms at proud.

disdainfully dis·dain'ful·ly adv.
disdainfulness dis·dain'ful·ness n.


形]軽蔑 ［侮蔑］的な, 尊大な, （…を）軽視する, 意に介さない((of ...))

a disdainful look
軽 蔑のまなざし

be disdainful of danger
危 険を物ともしない.

dis・dain・ful・ly

[副]

dis・dain・ful・ness

[名]