English Explanatory Dictionary

scornful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.

Pronunciation

/ˈskɔɹnfəl/ /ˈskɔːnfəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-scornful.wav

Word forms

scornful more scornful most scornful

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English scorn Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English scornful English scornful Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.

Synonyms

blistering disrespectful sneerful belittling contemptuous contumelious deprecative derogative despising disdainful dismissive low scathing scornful slight slighting sniffy withering

Derived words

scornfully scornfulness
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