scornful
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scornful
- /ˈskɔɹnfəl/ US
- /ˈskɔːnfəl/ UK
Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)nfəl
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Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.
adjective more scornful · most scornful
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Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
Bleſſed is that man that hath not walked in the counſaile of the vngodly: nor ſtand in the waye of ſynners, and hath not ſit in the ſeate of ſkornefull.
Similar: blistering, disrespectful, sneerful, belittling, contemptuous, contumelious, deprecative, derogative, despising, disdainful, dismissive, low
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adj showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous
| Español | despreciativo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 냉소적인 naengsojeogin, 경멸적 gyeongmyeoljeok |
| 中文 | 輕視的 /轻视的 qīngshì de |
| Français | méprisant, dédaigneux |
| Deutsch | verächtlich |
| Italiano | disprezzante, sprezzante, sdegnoso |
| Ελληνικά | περιφρονητικός perifronitikós, καταφρονητικός katafronitikós |
| Русский | презри́тельный prezrítelʹnyj, надме́нный nadménnyj |
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