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- Dictionaryscornful/ˈskɔːnf(ʊ)l/
adjective
- 1. feeling or expressing contempt or derision: "scornful laughter"
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Scornful means showing or feeling contempt or disrespect for someone or something. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, see synonyms and related words, and read examples from the Cambridge English Corpus and other sources.
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.
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.
Scornful means expressing extreme contempt or disrespect toward someone or something. Find the origin, usage, and examples of scornful and its related words in this comprehensive online dictionary.
Scornful means showing contempt or disrespect for someone or something. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, pronunciation and word origin.
