Antonyms for scornful


Grammar : Adj
Spell : skawrn-fuh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈskɔrn fəl


Definition of scornful

Origin :
  • mid-14c.; see scorn (n.) + -ful. Scorny was 19c. U.S. colloquial. Related: Scornfully; scornfulness.
  • adj given to scorning
  • adj characterized by scorn
  • adj disdainful
Example sentences :
  • Why then, you are to put off that scornful look, and hear what Mr. Solmes has to say to you.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • She was exactly the same as when they had parted, just as handsome, just as scornful, just as repressed.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • She repelled my mocking smile with a glance of scornful indignation.
  • Extract from : « The Tenant of Wildfell Hall » by Anne Bronte
  • Why should people be so scornful of us who stand on our heads?
  • Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
  • She turned towards him quickly, and with a scornful look and flashing eyes.
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • An easy, scornful, merry laugh—the laugh of young Rupert Hentzau!
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • At this, Macquart, wild with rage, broke into scornful jeers.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • His mother was content to receive him with scornful laughter.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • There was another buzz about the table, this time of scornful disapproval.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Azuba dismissed the past with a scornful sniff and a wave of the hand.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Dan's Daughter » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Synonyms for scornful

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