Thesaurus / scornful
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Answered Elizabeth, hardly attempting to conceal her scornful doubt of his sincerity.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTER
This 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. CARRYL
He realized for the first time what a prop and resource the deep maturity and scornful strength of his mother had been.
ANCESTORSGERTRUDE ATHERTON
Some scornful commentator has called this doggerel; but I would that all doggerel were as interesting.
THE PORTSMOUTH ROAD AND ITS TRIBUTARIESCHARLES G. HARPER
For 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 SABATINI
The report spread to Edinburgh, but was received there with scornful incredulity.
THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND FROM THE ACCESSION OF JAMES II.THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY
Kate Holland curled a scornful lip and nodded her head in Miss Prall's direction.
IN THE ONYX LOBBYCAROLYN WELLS
Don't you know all that story 'bout slaves bein' whipped is all Bunk, (with scornful emphasis).
He had scenes with his wife in which he burst into violent tirades or scornful laughter which she could not understand.
THE WOMAN GIVESOWEN JOHNSON
WORDS RELATED TO SCORNFUL
- aspersing
- belittling
- calumnious
- censorious
- contumelious
- critical
- damaging
- decrying
- defamatory
- degrading
- demeaning
- deprecatory
- depreciative
- despiteful
- detracting
- disdainful
- disparaging
- fault-finding
- humiliating
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- minimizing
- opprobrious
- reproachful
- sarcastic
- scornful
- slanderous
- slighting
- spiteful
- unfavorable
- unflattering
- vilifying
- aloof
- apathetic
- blasé
- callous
- cold
- cool
- detached
- diffident
- disinterested
- dispassionate
- distant
- equitable
- haughty
- heartless
- heedless
- highbrow
- impartial
- impervious
- inattentive
- listless
- neutral
- nonchalant
- nonpartisan
- objective
- passionless
- phlegmatic
- regardless
- scornful
- silent
- stoical
- supercilious
- superior
- unaroused
- unbiased
- uncaring
- uncommunicative
- unconcerned
- unemotional
- unimpressed
- uninvolved
- unmoved
- unprejudiced
- unresponsive
- unsocial
- unsympathetic
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.