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Meaning of scorny | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

Expressing scorn; scornful, contemptuous.

obsolete

Examples

“[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 […].”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

scorpaenoid scorpier scorpiest scorpioid scorpioidal Scorpion

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