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scornful

adjectiveCommon GRE wordMore S words

expressing contempt or disdain

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Scornful in a sentence

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She gave a scornful glance at the cheaply made imitation.

Synonyms
contemptuousdisdainfulderisive
Antonyms
respectfuladmiring

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Verbal · Text Completion

The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.

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Scornful (adjective) means expressing contempt or disdain
Here is scornful used in an example sentence: "She gave a scornful glance at the cheaply made imitation."
Common synonyms for scornful include contemptuous, disdainful, derisive.
Antonyms of scornful include respectful, admiring.
Scornful is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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