scornful Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite expressing extreme contempt
disdainful; insulting; contemptuous.
WordNet
Scorn"ful adjective
Definitions
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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.
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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.