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scornful adjective [ ˈskɔːnfʊl ]

• feeling or expressing contempt or derision.
• "the opposition were scornful of the Prime Minister's proposal"
Similar: contemptuous, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive, sniffy, snotty, contumelious,
Opposite: admiring, respectful,


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