Dictionary entry

Scornful

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Scorn″ful (?), a. 1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior.

Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.

The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak.

Syn. — Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.

— Scorn″ful‐ly, adv. — Scorn″ful‐ness, n.