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Antonyms for scornfulness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : skawrn-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɔrn fəl |
Definition of scornfulness
Origin :- mid-14c.; see scorn (n.) + -ful. Scorny was 19c. U.S. colloquial. Related: Scornfully; scornfulness.
- As in arrogance : noun exaggerated self-opinion
- As in scorn : noun contempt toward something
- As in loftiness : noun arrogance
- As in lordliness : noun arrogance
- As in overbearingness : noun arrogance
- As in pridefulness : noun arrogance
- As in proudness : noun arrogance
- As in superciliousness : noun arrogance
- The scornfulness of that laugh stung him, and he returned it with interest.
- Extract from : « Norston's Rest » by Ann S. Stephens
- Let him pay for his father's scornfulness; let her atone for her mother's disdain.
- Extract from : « Trevethlan (Vol 3 of 3) » by William Davy Watson
- Cavalcanti has in him not merely the subtlety but the scornfulness of a great divine.
- Extract from : « Euphorion » by Vernon Lee
- Fleming as he was, Watteau made the progress of the portrait last longer than the scornfulness of Mademoiselle la Montagne.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852 » by Various
- Again Mary took some time to reply, and when she did, to Elizabeth's surprise, it was with more than a touch of scornfulness.
- Extract from : « Old Friends an New Fancies » by Sybil G. Brinton
- He was surprised to see that his listener was laughing, not without a suggestion of scornfulness.
- Extract from : « The Mayor of Warwick » by Herbert M. Hopkins
Synonyms for scornfulness
- airs
- aloofness
- audacity
- bluster
- braggadocio
- brass
- cheek
- chutzpah
- conceit
- conceitedness
- contemptuousness
- contumely
- crust
- derision
- despisal
- despisement
- despite
- disdain
- disdainfulness
- disparagement
- disregard
- ego
- egotism
- gall
- haughtiness
- hauteur
- high-handedness
- hubris
- imperiousness
- insolence
- jeering
- loftiness
- lordliness
- mockery
- nerve
- ostentation
- overbearance
- overbearingness
- pomposity
- pompousness
- presumption
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pride
- pridefulness
- priggishness
- proudness
- ridicule
- sarcasm
- scoffing
- scornfulness
- self-importance
- self-love
- slight
- smugness
- sneer
- sport
- superciliousness
- superiority
- swagger
- taunting
- teasing
- vanity
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