scornfuladjective
uk/ˈskɔːn.fəl/us/ˈskɔːrn.fəl/showing or feeling scorn for someone or something:
a scornful look/remark/laugh/tone
They are openly scornful of the new plans.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- laugh
- never
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scorn
- scruple
- shrug
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- write
- write sb/sth off
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scornfully
adverb uk/ˈskɔːn.fəl.i/us/ˈskɔːrn.fəl.i/