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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