scornful
C1
adj
Freq #59391
Meanings
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1
adj
Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
Bleſſed is that man that hath not walked in the counſaile of the vngodly: nor ſtand in the waye of ſynners, and hath not ſit in the ſeate of ſkornefull.
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2
adj
expressing extreme contempt
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.
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Synonyms
1
adj
· showing scorn or...
belittlingblisteringcontemptuouscontumeliousdeprecativederogativedespisingdisdainfuldismissivedisrespectfullowscathing
2
adj
· expressing extreme contempt
disdainful