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Scornfulness

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. [1913 Webster] -- Scorn"ful*ly, adv. -- Scorn"ful*ness, n.

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scornfulness

n. The quality of being scornful.