Scornful

//ˈskɔɹnfəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    expressing extreme contempt wordnet

Synonyms

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contemptuousabjuratoryarrogantblisteringclannishcliquish

Example

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"Everybody is fed up with Dan's scornful attitude."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.

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