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scornful

[skawrn-fuhl]

adjective

full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English; see scorn, -ful

Related forms

scorn·ful·ly, adverb

scorn·ful·ness, noun

un·scorn·ful, adjective

un·scorn·ful·ly, adverb

un·scorn·ful·ness, noun

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scorn (skɔːn)

—n
1.	open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
2.	an object of contempt or derision
3.	archaic an act or expression signifying contempt

—vb
4.	to treat with contempt or derision
5.	(tr) to reject with contempt

[C12 schornen, from Old French escharnir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scerōn to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch schern mockery]

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—*adj*

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