scornful

a.

1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.

Prior.

Dart not scornful glances from those eyes.

Shak.

2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.]

The scornful mark of every open eye.

Shak.

Syn. -- Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.

-- Scorn·ful·ly, adv. -- Scorn·ful·ness, n.

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adj

Definition: contemptuous
Antonyms: admiring, respectful

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IN BRIEF: Feeling hatred or disdain of someone or something.

The scornful nostril and the high head gather not the odors that lie on the track of truth. — George Eliot (1819-1880), English novelist, pen name of Mary Ann Evans.