scornful

English

Adjective

scornful ‎(comparative more scornful, superlative most scornful)

1. Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
   • 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     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 (zh), 轻视的 (zh) ‎(qīngshì de)

• Czech: pohrdavý f
• Dutch: minachtend (nl), minachtende
• German: verächtlich (de)
• Greek: περιφρονητικός (el) m ‎(perifronitikós), καταφρονητικός (el) m ‎(katafronitikós)
• Italian: disprezzante (it), sprezzante (it), sdegnoso

• Korean: 냉소적인 ‎(naengsojeogin)
• Polish: pogardliwy (pl) m
• Russian: презри́тельный (ru) ‎(prezrítelʹnyj), надме́нный (ru) ‎(nadménnyj)
• Spanish: despreciativo
• Swedish: föraktfull (sv)