Definition of Scornful

Scornful

Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.

Related Definitions:

Contempt, Contemptuous, Disdainful, Exciting, Full, Of, Or, Scorn, Treated, With

Scornful Quotations

'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
Lewis Carroll

No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
Simone de Beauvoir

I was taught by professors who had done their schooling in the 1930s. Most of them were scornful of, even hated, big business.
Stephen Ambrose

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
Andre Maurois

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.
Booth Tarkington

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Scornful Translations

scornful in Italian is beffardo, sprezzante

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