According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
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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