scornworthy
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]scornworthy (comparative more scornworthy, superlative most scornworthy)
- Worthy of scorn.
- 1912, Maurice Henry Hewlett, Mrs. Lancelot:
- ...what is curious is that if he could have kept himself, or been kept by his genius, at this high pitch all or any obstacles would have been scornworthy.
- 2001, Danilo Kiš, Duška Mikić-Mitchell, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich:
- Verschoyle watched the ashen sea, and this reminded him of scorned and scornworthy Ireland.