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scornful

Webster 1828

SCORN'FUL, adjective 1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns.2. Acting in defiance or disregard.Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.3. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God