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   scornful

   /ˈskɔːnf(ʊ)l/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or expressing contempt or derision: "scornful laughter"

   Derivatives

   • 1. scornfully adverb
   • 2. scornfulness noun

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   What does scornful mean?

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   What is a scornful remark?

   • A scornful remark is full of contempt, disdain, or — as you might imagine — scorn. Your obsessively fashionable friends might be scornful of others who don't wear the latest styles. First used in the late 14th century, the adjective scornful originates from the Old French word escarn, meaning "mockery," "derision," or "contempt."

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   What does scorn mean?

   • n. 1. a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy: viewed his rivals with scorn. b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision: heaped scorn upon his rivals. c. The state of being despised or dishonored: held in scorn by his rivals. 2.

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   What is a simile expressing contempt?

   • If you are scornful of someone or something, you show contempt for them. A scornful simile is a figure of speech that expresses contempt, as in 'I didn't think so,' the judge said scornfully.

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   What is the opposite of scornful?

   • Antonyms of scornful: admiring, applauding, appreciative, approving. The opposite of scornful are words intended to make a person or thing seem important or valuable.

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   What is a scornful attitude?

   • A scornful, and almost ironic attitude prevails among mathematicians with respect to the frequentist theory. In the course of the humanization of a language, such typical scornful phrases disappear from the vernacular. The sneer was still there; the eyelid fluttered in scornful derision.

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   A scornful remark is full of contempt, disdain, or — as you might imagine — scorn. Your obsessively fashionable friends might be scornful of others who don't wear the latest styles. First used in the late 14th century, the adjective scornful originates from the Old French word escarn, meaning "mockery," "derision," or "contempt."

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    showing or feeling scorn for someone or something: a scornful look / remark / laugh / tone. They are openly scornful of the new plans. Synonym. contemptuous. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Treating as unimportant. blow something/someone off phrasal verb. brush.