Despisal vs. Scornful — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Despisal and Scornful
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Definitions
Despisal
To regard with contempt or scorn
Despised all cowards and flatterers.
Scornful
Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy
Viewed his rivals with scorn.
Despisal
To dislike intensely; loathe
Despised the frigid weather in January.
Scornful
The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision
Heaped scorn upon his rivals.
Despisal
Contempt; scornful hatred.
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Scornful
The state of being despised or dishonored
Held in scorn by his rivals.
Despisal
A despising; contempt.
A despisal of religion.
Scornful
(Archaic) One spoken of or treated with contempt.
Despisal
A feeling of scornful hatred
Scornful
To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy
An artist who was scorned by conservative critics.
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Scornful
To reject or refuse with derision
Scorned their offer of help.
Scornful
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity
"She disapproved so heartily of Flora's plan that she would have scorned to assist in the concoction of a single oily sentence" (Stella Gibbons).
Scornful
Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
Scornful
Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
Dart not scornful glances from those eyes.
Scornful
Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.
The scornful mark of every open eye.
Scornful
Expressing extreme contempt
Scornful
Expressing offensive reproach
