scornfulness
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Related to scornfulness: disdainful, congenial
scorn
(skôrn)n.
1.
a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy: viewed his rivals with scorn.
b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision: heaped scorn upon his rivals.
c. The state of being despised or dishonored: held in scorn by his rivals.
2. Archaic One spoken of or treated with contempt.
tr.v. scorned, scorn·ing, scorns
1. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy: an artist who was scorned by conservative critics.
2. To reject or refuse with derision: scorned their offer of help. See Synonyms at despise.
3. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity: "She disapproved so heartily of Flora's plan that she would have scorned to assist in the concoction of a single oily sentence" (Stella Gibbons).
[Middle English, from Old French escarn, of Germanic origin.]
scorn′er n.
scorn′ful adj.
scorn′ful·ly adv.
scorn′ful·ness n.
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Translations
إحْتِقار، إزْدِراء
pohrdlivost
hån
fyrirlitning
pohŕdavosť
küçümseme
scornfulness
n → Verachtung f → (of für); her scornfulness at the mere mention of his name → ihre verächtliche or höhnische Reaktion bei der bloßen Erwähnung seines Namens
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scorn
(skoːn) noun contempt or disgust. He looked at my drawing with scorn.
verb to show contempt for; to despise. They scorned my suggestion.
ˈscornful adjective1. feeling or showing scorn. a scornful expression/remark.
2. making scornful remarks. He was rather scornful about your book.
ˈscornfully adverbˈscornfulness noun
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