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Webster 1913 Edition


Scornful

Scorn′ful

,
Adj.
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.
Shakespeare
2.
Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.
[Obs.]
The
scornful
mark of every open eye.
Shakespeare
Syn. – Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.
Scorn′ful-ly
,
adv.
Scorn′ful-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Scornful

SCORN'FUL

,
Adj.
1.
Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.
Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns.
2.
Acting in defiance or disregard.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
3.
In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.

Definition 2024


scornful

scornful

English

Adjective

scornful (comparative more scornful, superlative most scornful)

  1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
    • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
      Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

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