scorn
noun
open or unqualified contempt; disdain.
scornfulness
Example Sentences
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Claudio’s comrade Benedick, a sardonic bachelor, renews his “merry war” of scornfulness with the ever-disdainful Beatrice, Hero’s high-spirited cousin.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2014
Alma tried her features in expression of cold scornfulness.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
Then turned away with an affected scornfulness, and yet looked kindly enough upon him from the corner of one eye.
From Life's Progress Through The Passions Or, The Adventures of Natura by Eliza Fowler Haywood
And we from such terrible scornfulness were ready for anything.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Henryk Sienkiewicz
But with tender scornfulness, Seraphael put out his hand in deprecation, and throwing back his hair, buried his head in the cushion of the carriage and shut his eyes.
From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard
