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SCORNFUL
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful
(adjective) expressing extreme contempt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scornful (comparative more scornful, superlative most scornful)
Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
Source: Wiktionary
Scorn"ful, a.
1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.
2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.] The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak.
Syn.
– Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.
– Scorn"ful*ly, adv.
– Scorn"ful*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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