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scornful

adj
/ˈskɔɹnfəl/US/ˈskɔːnfəl/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English scorn Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English scornful English scornful Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.

  1. inherited from scornful

Definitions

  1. Showing scorn or disrespect

    Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.

    • Bleſſed is that man that hath not walked in the counſaile of the vngodly: nor ſtand in the waye of ſynners, and hath not ſit in the ſeate of ſkornefull.
    • Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA