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'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
Lewis Carroll

Meaning of "scornful" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SCORNFUL

scornful  [ˈskɔːnfəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SCORNFUL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Scornful is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SCORNFUL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of scornful in the English dictionary

The definition of scornful in the dictionary is expressing or feeling scorn.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SCORNFUL


baffle
ˈbæfəl
duffel
ˈdʌfəl
Eifel
ˈaɪfəl
Eiffel
ˈaɪfəl
falafel
fəlˈɑːfəl
Grenfell
ˈɡrɛnfəl
kerfuffle
kəˈfʌfəl
raffle
ˈræfəl
rifle
ˈraɪfəl
ruffle
ˈrʌfəl
shuffle
ˈʃʌfəl
souffle
ˈsuːfəl
stifle
ˈstaɪfəl
stressful
ˈstrɛsfəl
TEFL
ˈtɛfəl
TOEFL
ˈtɒfəl
trifle
ˈtraɪfəl
truffle
ˈtrʌfəl
unpainful
ʌnˈpeɪnfəl
waffle
ˈwɒfəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SCORNFUL

scoriae
scorification
scorified
scorifier
scorifies
scorify
scoring
scorious
scorn
scorner
scornfully
scornfulness
scorodite
scorpaenid
scorpaenoid
scorper
Scorpii
Scorpio
scorpioid
scorpion

WORDS THAT END LIKE SCORNFUL

dearnful
dernful
dessertspoonful
disdainful
gainful
hornful
manful
mournful
painful
sinful
skinful
spoonful
tablespoonful
teaspoonful
teenful
tinful
ungainful
unmanful
urnful
wagonful

Synonyms and antonyms of scornful in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SCORNFUL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «scornful» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of scornful

Translation of «scornful» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SCORNFUL

Find out the translation of scornful to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of scornful from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «scornful» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

轻蔑的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despreciativo
570 millions of speakers

English

scornful
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तिरस्कारपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يستكبرون
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пренебрежительное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desdenhoso
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘৃণাপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dédaigneux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungut-sungut
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verächtlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

軽べつ的な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

경멸하는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Scornful
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khinh bỉ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இகழ்ச்சியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निंदक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hakaretli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sprezzante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pogardliwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

зневажливе
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disprețuitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

περιφρονητική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veragtelike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hånfull
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hånlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of scornful

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SCORNFUL»

The term «scornful» is regularly used and occupies the 108.039 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SCORNFUL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «scornful» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «scornful» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about scornful

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6 QUOTES WITH «SCORNFUL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word scornful.
1
Simone de Beauvoir
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
2
Lewis Carroll
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.'
3
Rachel Cusk
The 'good' mother, with her fixed smile, her rigidity, her goody-goody outlook, her obsession with unnecessary hygiene, is in fact a fool. It is the 'bad' mother, unafraid of a joke and a glass of wine, richly self-expressive, scornful of suburban values, who is, in reality, good.
4
Andre Maurois
People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.
5
Robert Pinsky
When I was a kid, there was unhappiness in my family - was dealt with partly by escaping to television. And from a very early age, for whatever reason, I became scornful and resistant to and angry about that. And some other time in my life, I realized that there's a lot I loved in television.
6
Booth Tarkington
He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female is to stay away from her - especially if that is what she desires.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCORNFUL»

Discover the use of scornful in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to scornful and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Scornful Lady. The Coxcomb. The Captain. The Honest ...
3. He says he comes from sea ; where, I believe, H'as purg'd away his manners. Lady. What 6 of him? Wel. Why, he will rudely, without once “ God bless you," Press to your privacies, and no denial Must stand betwixt your person and his ...
‎1843
2
Scornful Moon
There's James's daughter Charlotte, painting desperately in a shed at the bottom of the garden. The Scornful Moon by Maurice Gee deftly recreates the moral and political mood of Wellington in the 1930s.
Maurice Gee, 2005
3
The Scornful Ladie 1616
This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Francis Beaumont, 2011
4
Church Administration and Management
Scorning "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the SEAT OF THE SCORNFUL" ( Psalm 1:1). Scorners are people who mock at you. They do not believe in you or in ...
Dag Heward-Mills, 2011
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A Poem Containing History: Textual Studies in The Cantos
Quiet,. Not. Scornful"? The. Composition. of. The. Pisan. Cantos. Ronald. Bush. A decade after their publication, Ezra Pound wrote Agnes Bedford that The Pisan Cantos were all composed at Pisa and that "not more than three lines" changed ...
Lawrence S. Rainey, 1997
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The maid's tragedy; Philaster, or Love lies a bleeding; A ...
The Ethnick Poet, here alluded to, is PLAUTUS in his Ptrnului, Tina pal Ego & Oleum & operam ptrdidi. Abig. O Sir, you have pierc'd me thorough. Here I. Abig. Scornful/. Lady. 333. Abig. You were wont to bear a Chriftian Fear about ...
Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, 1750
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
CONTEMPTUOUS, SCORNFUL, DISDAINFUL. These epithets rise in sense by a regular gradation. CONTEMPTUOUS is general, and applied to whatever can express contempt : SCORNFUL and DISDAINFUL are particular ; they apply only  ...
George Crabb, 1818
8
I Want To Do It Right
CHAPTER NINETEEN r%_) Sitting In T be Seat Of T be Seornful The “Seat of the Scornful” is a very dangerous place to be, ecause i re resen s e associa ion wi un e ievers an b t p t th t th b 1 d is in direct violation of scriptural teaching. The act ...
Linda M. Dillard, 2013
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order
CONTEMPTUOUS, SCORNFUL, DISDAINFULTHESE epithets rise in sense by a regular gradation. CONTEMPTUOUS is general, and applied to whatever can express contempt; SCORNFUL and DISDAINF UL are particular; they apply only  ...
George Crabb, 1816
10
The Religious Monitor, and Evangelical Repository
Art. IV. Brief Expositions of Important Texts. Psalm, 1. 1. " Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful." Or, as it is more correctly rendered in our ...
‎1836

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCORNFUL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term scornful is used in the context of the following news items.
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Duncan Bannatyne posts scornful tweet directed towards his ex …
The Dragons' Den star, who split from the beauty queen in June, joked that his former girlfriend would struggle to find someone better than him. Tweeting to his ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Brooklyn Film Festival's New Ads Couldn't Be More Scornful of …
Four short, simple animations by TBWA\Chiat\Day deliver the message that the New York borough and its festival of independent films, which runs from May 29 ... «Adweek, May 15»
3
UK's scornful Brussels commissioner tells Eurosceptics: 'You can't …
EUROSCEPTICS have been told they “can't have their cake and eat it” by Britain's scornful Brussels commissioner - who believes the Britain WILL stay in the EU ... «Express.co.uk, May 15»
4
6th graders in Hunan made to kneel before teachers as punishment …
6th graders in Hunan made to kneel before teachers as punishment, netizens scornful. hunan-kneeling-students.jpg. Pictures showing more than 30 students ... «Shanghaiist, May 15»
5
Rahul Yadav's scornful resignation letter: Here are some quirky exits …
Although he was back in the saddle in a few hours, Housing.com chief executive Rahul Yadav's scornful resignation letter in which he stated that investors were ... «Economic Times, May 15»
6
Election: Peter Robinson scornful of Sinn Fein appeal to unionist …
DUP leader Peter Robinson has poured scorn on an appeal by Sinn Fein for unionist votes, claiming the republican party was "irrelevant" at Westminster. «Belfast Telegraph, May 15»
7
Budget promises to boost DND spending in two years, opposition …
Budget promises to boost DND spending in two years, opposition scornful. By: Murray Brewster, The Canadian Press Posted: 04/21/2015 3:21 PM | Last ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Apr 15»
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Seun Kuti's Scornful Advice To Nigerians On Xenophobia
Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has added another dimension to the ongoing spate of Xenophobia attacks in South Africa. Unsurprisingly, the vocal son of Afrobeat ... «Entertainment Express, Apr 15»
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Labour scornful of Osborne's good news 'topping'
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats claim credit for today's news of a 2.8 per cent rise in economic output. But Labour is dismissive, saying this is still the ... «Channel 4 News, Mar 15»
10
Through "Hot Arguments" and Scornful Stars, The Gershwins …
How did the Gershwin toe-tapper Lady, Be Good go from being called "tacky" and "weak" in the 1920s to a star-studded Encores! revival in 2015? Rob Fisher ... «Playbill.com, Jan 15»

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