• Scornful

    Full definition of scornful

    Adjective

    scornful

    1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
      • 1907, Robert Chambers, The Younger Set Chapter 8, “I never understood it,” she observed, lightly scornful. “What occult meaning has a sun-dial for a spooney ? I’m sure I don't want to read riddles into a strange gentleman’s optics.”
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