Usually means: Contempt or disdain shown openly.
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  1. scornfulness: Merriam-Webster
  2. scornfulness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scornfulness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. scornfulness: Wordnik
  5. scornfulness: Wiktionary
  6. scornfulness: Dictionary.com
  7. scornfulness: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  8. scornfulness: FreeDictionary.org
  9. scornfulness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scornfulness: Legal dictionary

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  1. scornfulness: Idioms

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▸ noun:  The quality of being scornful.

Similar:
scathingness, disdainfulness, contemptuousness, contempt, contemptibleness, snarkiness, scathfulness, cynicality, contemptuosity, snobbishness, more...

Opposite:
respect, admiration, appreciation, esteem

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Similar:
scathingness, disdainfulness, contemptuousness, contempt, contemptibleness, snarkiness, scathfulness, cynicality, contemptuosity, snobbishness, more...

Opposite:
respect, admiration, appreciation, esteem



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