Antonyms for scornful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : skawrn-fuh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɔrn fəl |
Definition of scornful
Origin :- mid-14c.; see scorn (n.) + -ful. Scorny was 19c. U.S. colloquial. Related: Scornfully; scornfulness.
- adj given to scorning
- adj characterized by scorn
- adj disdainful
- Why then, you are to put off that scornful look, and hear what Mr. Solmes has to say to you.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- She was exactly the same as when they had parted, just as handsome, just as scornful, just as repressed.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- She repelled my mocking smile with a glance of scornful indignation.
- Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
- Why should people be so scornful of us who stand on our heads?
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- She turned towards him quickly, and with a scornful look and flashing eyes.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- An easy, scornful, merry laugh—the laugh of young Rupert Hentzau!
- Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
- At this, Macquart, wild with rage, broke into scornful jeers.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- His mother was content to receive him with scornful laughter.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- There was another buzz about the table, this time of scornful disapproval.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Azuba dismissed the past with a scornful sniff and a wave of the hand.
- Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Synonyms for scornful
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