Thesaurus / scornful
FEEDBACK- derisive
- mocking
- rude
- sneering
- abusive
- contumelious
- insulting
- ironical
- jeering
- malicious
- offensive
- opprobrious
- sarcastic
- scurrilous
- contemptuous
- disparaging
- sardonic
- abusive
- arrogant
- belittling
- cold-shoulder
- contumelious
- defiant
- despicable
- haughty
- insolent
- malicious
- opprobrious
- sarcastic
- supercilious
On this page you'll find 91 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scornful, such as: contemptuous, disdainful, sneering, arrogant, cynical, and egotistic.
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Instead, he lives with his mother in obscurity, and his friends are scornful of his claim to be a god’s son.
WHAT THE GREEK MYTHS CAN TEACH US ABOUT OUR MOMENT OF CRISISCHARLOTTE HIGGINSJANUARY 19, 2022TIMELauded chefs like David Chang are not only less scornful of fast food, but go as far as to celebrate it.
THE ARCH DELUXE WAS A HELL OF A BURGER. IT WAS ALSO MCDONALD’S MOST EXPENSIVE FLOP.JEREMY GLASSJULY 23, 2021EATERAnswered Elizabeth, hardly attempting to conceal her scornful doubt of his sincerity.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThis demand was made with scornful seriousness; with a ruthless application to the feelings of a son.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER"I'm quite aware that my appearance is not prepossessing," said the Hole-keeper, with a scornful look at the Goblin.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLHe realized for the first time what a prop and resource the deep maturity and scornful strength of his mother had been.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTONSome scornful commentator has called this doggerel; but I would that all doggerel were as interesting.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPERFor all his vaunted scorn of being a butcher at a price, now that he heard the price he seemed not half so scornful.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIThe report spread to Edinburgh, but was received there with scornful incredulity.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAYKate Holland curled a scornful lip and nodded her head in Miss Prall's direction.
IN THE ONYX LOBBYCAROLYN WELLSWORDS RELATED TO SCORNFUL
- aloof
- assuming
- audacious
- autocratic
- biggety
- bossy
- bragging
- cavalier
- cheeky
- cocky
- cold-shoulder
- conceited
- contemptuous
- cool
- disdainful
- domineering
- egotistic
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-handed
- imperious
- insolent
- know-it-all
- lordly
- on an ego trip
- overbearing
- peremptory
- pompous
- presumptuous
- pretentious
- proud
- puffed up
- scornful
- self-important
- smarty
- smarty-pants
- smug
- sniffy
- snippy
- snooty
- snotty
- stuck up
- supercilious
- superior
- swaggering
- uppity
- vain
- audacious
- bold
- cavalier
- cheeky
- cold-shoulder
- condescending
- contumelious
- cool
- derisive
- derisory
- disdainful
- disrespectful
- dog it
- hard
- hard-nosed
- haughty
- high-and-mighty
- high-hat
- insulting
- on high horse
- opprobrious
- sardonic
- scornful
- sneering
- snippy
- snobbish
- snooty
- snotty
- supercilious
- temperamental
- uppity
- upstage
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