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Scornful vs Scornfulness - What's the difference?

scornful | scornfulness |

As an adjective scornful

is showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.

As a noun scornfulness is

the quality of being scornful.

scornful

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
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  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ΒΆ ("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."

    • scornfulness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The quality of being scornful.
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=April 1, author=Simon Critchley, title=Cynicism We Can Believe In, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=It bears no real resemblance to that attitude of negativity and jaded scornfulness that sees the worst of intentions behind the apparent good motives of others. }}