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scorny

scorny adjective: expressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.

Adjective

scorny (comparative more scorny, superlative most scorny)

  1. (obsolete) Expressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.
    • [H]er teeth were small, bespeaking a selfish disposition: indeed the whole of her features were what her husband would sometimes call scorney, particularly in their latter days during their little fracas […].1828, JT Smith, Nollekens and His Times, Century Hutchinson, published 1986, page 12

Forms of scorny

comparativemore scorny
superlativemost scorny

Origin of scorny

From scorn + -y.

Words that rhyme with scorny

Questions about scorny

What does scorny mean?
Scorny means expressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.
What part of speech is scorny?
Scorny is an adjective.

Words near scorny in the dictionary

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

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