scornful
/ˈskɔɹnfəl/ · adj
Meaning
- Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.
Etymology / origin
Etymology tree Middle English scorn Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful Middle English scornful English scornful Inherited from Middle English scornful; equivalent to scorn + -ful.
- scornful(Middle English)→
- scornful(Middle English)→
- scornful (English)
- Relations: inh, inh
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