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  • 11scornfully — adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner (Freq. 2) she spoke of him contemptuously • Syn: ↑contemptuously, ↑disdainfully, ↑contumeliously • Derived from adjective: ↑contumelious ( …

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  • 12scornful — scornfully, adv. scornfulness, n. /skawrn feuhl/, adj. full of scorn; derisive; contemptuous: He smiled in a scornful way. [1350 1400; ME; see SCORN, FUL] * * * …

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  • 13scorn — 01. She [scorned] my offer to help her, saying she could do better job without me. 02. He is very [scornful] of any suggestion that someone else in the firm might be a better salesman. 03. Management s claim that they needed to cut workers… …

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  • 17scornful — [[t]skɔ͟ː(r)nf(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ of n If you are scornful of someone or something, you show contempt for them. He is deeply scornful of politicians. ...a scornful simile. Syn: contemptuous Derived words: scornfully ADV …

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  • 18gloat — /gloʊt / (say gloht) verb (i) 1. to gaze with exultation; dwell mentally upon something with intense (and often evil) satisfaction: to gloat over another s misfortunes. 2. to smile smugly or scornfully; to display self complacency. –noun 3. the… …

  • 19contemptuously — adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner (Freq. 1) she spoke of him contemptuously • Syn: ↑disdainfully, ↑scornfully, ↑contumeliously • Derived from adjective: ↑contumelious ( …

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  • 20contumeliously — adverb without respect; in a disdainful manner she spoke of him contemptuously • Syn: ↑contemptuously, ↑disdainfully, ↑scornfully • Derived from adjective: ↑contumelious, ↑scornful ( …

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