scornful

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US /ˈskɔɹnfəl/ UK /ˈskɔːnfəl/
adj Freq #59391

Meanings

  1. 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.

  2. 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

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