scornful

§English

§Adjective

scornful (comparative more scornful, superlative most scornful)

1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
   • 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter VIII, The Younger Set:

     Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

§Translations

showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輕視的, 轻视的 (zh) (qīngshì de)

• Czech: pohrdavý f
• Dutch: minachtend (nl), minachtende
• German: verächtlich (de)
• Greek: περιφρονητικός m (perifronētikós), περιφρονητική f (perifronētikḗ), περιφρονητικό n (perifronētikó)

• Italian: disprezzante (it), sprezzante, sdegnoso
• Korean: 냉소적인 (naengsojeogin)
• Polish: pogardliwy (pl) m
• Russian: презрительный (ru) (prezrítelʹnyj), надменный (ru) (nadménnyj)
• Spanish: despreciativo
• Swedish: föraktfull (sv)