About The Word Scornful
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Scornful
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What's The Definition Of Scornful?
[adj] expressing offensive reproach
[adj] expressing extreme contempt Synonyms | Synonyms for Scornful: abusive | contemptuous | disdainful | disrespectful | insulting | offensive | opprobrious | scurrilous Related Terms | Find terms related to Scornful: See Also | Scornful In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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