Synonyms and Antonyms of scornful
- the actress gave the paparazzi a scornful glare before breezing on by them
bold-faced, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky, cocky, discourteous, disrespectful, fresh, impertinent, impudent, insolent, sassy, saucy
arrogant, cavalier, highfalutin (also hifalutin), high-handed, high-hat, pretentious, uppish, uppity
haughty, lofty, lordly, prideful, sniffish, snobbish, supercilious
pompous, self-important, superior
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful
- the tenant's complaints were met with the scornful observation that he expected too much for the rent he was paying
aspersing, calumnious, defamatory, insulting, libelous (or libellous), maligning, slandering, slanderous, vilifying
abusive, opprobrious, scurrilous
catty, cruel, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, unkind, virulent
critical, denunciative, denunciatory
acrimonious, bitter, envious, jaundiced, jealous, rancorous, resentful