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  2  definitions  found 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scornful 
  adj  1:  expressing  extreme  contempt  [syn:  {contemptuous},  {disdainful}, 
  {insulting}] 
  2:  expressing  offensive  reproach  [syn:  {abusive},  {insulting}, 
  {opprobrious},  {scurrilous}] 




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