scornfulness

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Related to scornfulness: disdainful, congenial

scorn

(skôrn)

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

Verachtung

mépris

fyrirlitning

disprezzo

pohŕdavosť

küçümseme

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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 adjective

1. feeling or showing scorn. a scornful expression/remark.

2. making scornful remarks. He was rather scornful about your book.

ˈscornfully adverb

ˈscornfulness noun

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