scornful UK /ˈskɔːnfəl/US /ˈskɔɹnfəl/ adjective1 •Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous; scathing; withering.Blessed is that man that hath not walked in the counsaile of the vngodly: nor stand in the waye of synners, and hath not sit in the seate of skornefull. — 1549 formsmore scornful · most scornful · scornfulest · scornfullest