Scornful
Scornful adjective - Feeling or showing open dislike for someone or something regarded as undeserving of respect or concern.
Vituperative and scornful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vituperative" instead an adjective "Scornful".
Vituperative
Vituperative adjective - Marked by harsh insulting language.
Usage example: the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations
Scornful and vituperative are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Scornful" instead an adjective "Vituperative".
Nearby Word: vituperation
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- critical and scornful
- critical and vituperative
- rude and scornful
- rude and vituperative
- offensive and scornful
- offensive and vituperative
- opprobrious and scornful
- opprobrious and vituperative
- insulting and scornful
- insulting and vituperative
- contemptuous and scornful
- contemptuous and vituperative
- sarcastic and scornful
- sarcastic and vituperative
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