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- Dictionaryscornful/ˈskɔːnf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. feeling or expressing contempt or derision: "scornful laughter"
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showing or feeling scorn for someone or something: a scornful look / remark / laugh / tone. They are openly scornful of the new plans. Synonym. contemptuous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating as unimportant. blow something/someone off. brush someone/something aside. chopped liver. damn. denigrate. denigration.
The meaning of SCORNFUL is full of scorn : contemptuous. How to use scornful in a sentence.
showing or feeling scorn for someone or something: a scornful look / remark / laugh / tone. They are openly scornful of the new plans. Synonym. contemptuous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating as unimportant. blow something/someone off. brush someone/something aside. chopped liver. damn. denigrate. denigration.
Scornful definition: full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous, He smiled in a scornful way.. See examples of SCORNFUL used in a sentence.
If you are scornful of someone or something, you show that you do not like or respect them. He is deeply scornful of politicians. American English : scornful / ˈskɔrnfəl /
A scornful remark is full of contempt, disdain, or — as you might imagine — scorn. Your obsessively fashionable friends might be scornful of others who don't wear the latest styles.
n. 1. a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy: viewed his rivals with scorn. b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision: heaped scorn upon his rivals. c. The state of being despised or dishonored: held in scorn by his rivals. 2.