释义 |
scornfulscorn‧ful /ˈskɔːnfəl $ ˈskɔːrn-/ adjective - He must be careful to avoid emotive judgements or scornful abuse.
- He talked about money, disco music and was scornful of grazing as a profession.
- His attitude to the race of contemporary critics in general was scornful.
- Jess, watching Midnight, saw him glance swiftly from one to another, his look cold, even scornful.
- Once scornful of cable companies, telephone firms have learnt that they can be useful.
- Perhaps all we are here witnessing is a picturesque way of making a scornful reference to alien religion.
- Prisoners were scornful about the sense of priorities this demonstrated, and about the supposed benefits.
feeling or showing scorn: a scornful lookscornful of He was scornful of the women’s movement.—scornfully adverb |