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Search phrase: scornfully

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
CoriolanusCor II.iii.162He used us scornfully. He should have showed usHe vs'd vs scornefully: he should haue shew'd vs
Henry VH5 IV.ii.40And our air shakes them passing scornfully.And our Ayre shakes them passing scornefully.
Richard IIIR3 I.ii.171She looks scornfully at himShe lookes scornfully at him.

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.187 Then, looking scornfully, he doth despise Then looking scornfully, he doth despise
Venus and AdonisVen.275 His eye, which scornfully glisters like fire, His eye which scornfully glisters like fire,

Glossary

 7 result(s).
askance, askauncewith disdain, maliciously, scornfully
fleerjeer, grin scornfully, laugh mockingly
fleeringsneering, jeering, scornfully laughing
insultbe insolent, show scorn, triumph scornfully
insultingscornfully boasting, contemptuously exulting
slightthrow contemptuously, slide scornfully
waftturn derisively, direct scornfully

Thesaurus

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boasting, scornfullyinsulting
direct scornfullywaft
grin scornfullyfleer
laughing scornfullyfleering
scornfullyaskance, askaunce
scornfully boastinginsulting
scornfully grinfleer
scornfully laughingfleering
scornfully slideslight
scornfully, directwaft
slide scornfullyslight
triumph scornfullyinsult

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
SCORNBASICscornfully adv

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