📖 Definitions of "Scornful"
adjective
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Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
🔄 Synonyms of "Scornful"
8 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| scurrilous | (of language) Coarse, vulgar, or abusive. |
| disdainful | Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy. |
| opprobrious | Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful. |
| contemptuous | Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect. |
| offensivenoun | Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. |
| abusive | Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse. |
| disrespectful | Lacking respect. |
| insultingnoun | Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Scornful"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disdainful | Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy. |
| contemptuous | Showing contempt; expressing disdain; showing a lack of respect. |
| opprobrious | Causing opprobrium; offensive and shameful. |
| insulting | Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. |
| offensive | Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. |
| abusive | Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse. |
| scurrilous | (of language) Coarse, vulgar, or abusive. |
| disrespectful | Lacking respect. |
| sneerynoun | (informal) Sneering, supercilious. |
| sneeringverb | Contemptful, mocking. |
| mockingverb | derisive or contemptuous |
| sardonic | Scornfully mocking or cynical. |
| scornworthy | Worthy of scorn. |
| sneerful | Expressing contempt. |
| contemptivenoun | (rare) Contemptuous. |
| contumelious | (archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude. |
| cynical | Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others. |
| sniffynoun | Characterised by sniffing. |
| derisive | Expressing or characterized by derision; mocking; ridiculing. |
| despectivenoun | Disparaging, derogatory; looking down upon. |
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