scornful
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5.1
- adjective
- /ˈskɔrnfəl/
:
despectivo
- The teacher gave a scornful laugh when the student suggested such an easy solution.
instead of leaving him with a scornful laugh or an insult.
- instead of leaving him with a scornful laugh or an insult.
- And there's this beautiful line that Wilde uses when writing this scornful letter to Bosey.
- I don't get the luxury of being able to be scornful and to lash out or to retaliate.
- While the river flowed by in majestic indifference and scornful condescension, ignoring everything.
- It would therefore be in fact hypocrisy, and the scornful rejection of that dissemblance would be itself the first expression of hypocrisy.
- And he was so it's just scornful of Sapp.
- Oh no, they can't express their full range of normal cat emotions, from scornful to condescending to really, you're going out dressed like that?
Examples
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My father gave a scornful laugh at that and looked up at the ceiling.
Fiction book (1995) -
"Can I get you anything else?" I added, trying to sound as scornful as I felt.
Fiction book (2002) -
You ought to stop looking so scornful.
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As I sat down next to Fred again, he shot me a scornful look.
Fiction book (1994) -
I spent my days feeling scornful and superior to the kinds of movies most people rented.
Fiction book (1998) -
The Indians I knew in Kenya were slightly scornful of traditional African beliefs.
Academic text (2012) -
But after a few minutes of scornful reflections, the incident trickled away.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Can we do that?" Deborah said, smiling, but with scornful impatience in her voice.
Fiction book (1997) -
I furrowed my brow, giving her what I hoped was a scornful look.
Fiction book (1996) -
Her scornful tone made it clear that she disapproved of his idea entirely.
Synonyms
130
3.0
Being rude or saying things that hurt someone
17
7.0
Showing strong dislike and clear disrespect for someone
15
8.2
Showing strong dislike of someone or something, often used about words
8
7.0
Showing that you think someone or something is not worth respect
5
3.4
Showing that you do not agree with or like something
Antonyms
How Scornful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Scornful comes from the old word scorn, which long ago meant 'to mock' or 'to make someone a joke'. So being scornful is to show strong dislike and act as if someone is not worthy of respect.