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English-Thai Dictionary

scornful

ADJ ดูถูก  ดูหมิ่น  รังเกียจ  contemptous disdainful du-tuk

 

scornfulness

N การ ดูหมิ่น  kan-du-min

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCORNFUL

a. 1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.
Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns.
2. Acting in defiance or disregard.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
3. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.

 

SCORNFULLY

adv. With extreme contempt; contemptuously; insolently. The sacred rights of the christian church are scornfully trampled on in print -

 

SCORNFULNESS

n.The quality of being scornful.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCORNFUL

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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scornful

scorn ful |ˈskôrnfəl ˈskɔrnfəl | adjective feeling or expressing contempt or derision: the justices have been scornful of the government's conduct | scornful laughter. DERIVATIVES scorn ful ly adverb, scorn ful ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

scornful

scorn |ful |ˈskɔːnfʊl, -f (ə )l | adjective feeling or expressing contempt or derision: the opposition were scornful of the Prime Minister's proposal | scornful laughter. DERIVATIVES scornfully adverb, scornfulness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scornful

scornful adjective his scornful remarks: contemptuous, derisive, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, supercilious, disdainful, superior; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS admiring, respectful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scornful

scornful adjective Isabel ignored his scornful remarks: contemptuous, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive; informal sniffy, snotty; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS admiring, respectful.

 

scornfully

scornfully adverb How would she know?said Anne scornfully: contemptuously, with contempt, derisively, witheringly, mockingly, with a sneer, scathingly, snidely, disparagingly, superciliously, disdainfully, dismissively; informal sniffily, snottily. ANTONYMS admiringly, respectfully.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scornful

scorn ful /skɔ́ː r nf (ə )l /形容詞 more ; most 【人 事を 】軽蔑 けいべつ して , さげすむような «of » ▸ a scornful laugh さげすむような笑い They were scornful of my suggestion .彼らは私の提案をあざ笑った .ly 副詞 軽蔑したように, あざけるように .ness 名詞