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scornworthy

scornworthy adjective: worthy of scorn.

Adjective

scornworthy (comparative more scornworthy, superlative most scornworthy)

  1. Worthy of scorn.
    • ...what is curious is that if he could have kept himself, or been kept by his genius, at this high pitch all or any obstacles would have been scornworthy.1912, Maurice Henry Hewlett, Mrs. Lancelot
    • Verschoyle watched the ashen sea, and this reminded him of scorned and scornworthy Ireland.2001, Danilo Kiš, Duška Mikić-Mitchell, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

Forms of scornworthy

comparativemore scornworthy
superlativemost scornworthy

Origin of scornworthy

From scorn + -worthy.

Questions about scornworthy

What does scornworthy mean?
Scornworthy means worthy of scorn.
What part of speech is scornworthy?
Scornworthy is an adjective.

Words near scornworthy in the dictionary

  1. scorning
  2. scorningly
  3. scornings
  4. scornless
  5. scorns
  6. scornworthy
  7. scorny
  8. scorodite
  9. scorodites
  10. scorp
  11. scorpaenid

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