Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scornful"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Scornful \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
scornful
adj 1: expressing extreme contempt [syn: {contemptuous}, {disdainful},
{insulting}]
2: expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive}, {insulting},
{opprobrious}, {scurrilous}]
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