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Scornful   /skˈɔrnfəl/   Listen
adjective
Scornful  adj.  
1.
Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. "Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun." "Dart not scornful glances from those eyes."
2.
Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. (Obs.) "The scornful mark of every open eye."
Synonyms: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.





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"Scornful" Quotes from Famous Books



... soul was he to sit on heights And live with rocks apart and scornful: Delights of men were his delights, And ...
— The Poems of Henry Kendall • Henry Kendall
... God I am enjoying vigorous health, and hope you all are well, as it is written in the first Psalm, "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." ...
— The Underground Railroad • William Still
... overflow, Proud in spirit I might grow, Thee deny with scornful word, Asking who is God and Lord? For the heart with pride doth swell, Often knows not when 'tis well, ...
— Paul Gerhardt's Spiritual Songs - Translated by John Kelly • Paul Gerhardt
... others, was attached to the larger barges to which this duty had been assigned. Still, as he passed along the canal, before the crowded balconies and groaning vessels which lined its sides, there arose that scornful and deriding laugh, which seems ever to grow more strong and bold, as misfortune weighs most ...
— The Bravo • J. Fenimore Cooper
... on the trail—Bartley pretty well approximated Little Jim's description of him as a dude. And the word "dude" was commonly used rather to differentiate an outlander from a native than in an exactly scornful sense. Without a vestige of self-consciousness, Bartley made himself felt as a distinct entity, physically fit and mentally alert. Cheyenne, with his cow-puncher gait and his general happy-go-lucky attitude, furnished a strong contrast to the trim and well-poised Easterner. Dorothy was quick ...
— Partners of Chance • Henry Herbert Knibbs


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