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English Dictionary: scornful by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scornful
adj
  1. expressing extreme contempt [syn: contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Scornful \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. [Obs.]
  
                     The scornful mark of every open eye.   --Shak.
  
      Syn: Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful;
               insolent. -- {Scorn"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Scorn"ful*ness},
               n.
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