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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.