Scornful and Shrewish

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Scornful adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.

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Shrewish and scornful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shrewish" instead an adjective "Scornful".

Nearby Words: scorn, scorned, scornfully, scorning

Shrewish adjective - Continually complaining or faultfinding.

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Scornful and shrewish are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scornful" instead an adjective "Shrewish".

Nearby Word: shrew

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