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Meaning of SCORNFUL

Pronunciation:  'skornful

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  expressing offensive reproach
  2. [adj]  expressing extreme contempt
 
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 Synonyms: abusive, contemptuous, disdainful, disrespectful, insulting, offensive, opprobrious, scurrilous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Scorn"ful\, a.
1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
         Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
                                               --Prior.
         Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. --Shak.
2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.]
         The scornful mark of every open eye.  --Shak.
Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful;
     insolent. -- {Scorn"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Scorn"ful*ness},
     n.
 
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