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Definition of scornful : 1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.
2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.

Synonyms:

imperious, denigrative, uncomplimentary, familiarity breeds contempt, scurrilous, depreciatory, rude, prideful, demeaning, abhorrent, belittling, contumelious, slighting, cynical, overbearing, detractive, sniffy, supercilious, polite, degrading, depreciative, disrespectful, disregard, contempt, derisory, toplofty, snooty, pejorative, flattering, insolent, respect, haughty, offensive, hypercritical, derogative, arrogant, malicious, denigratory, sneering, derogatory, opprobrious, swaggering, decrying, disdain, scorn, lordly, respectful, deprecatory, egotistic

antipathetic, sarcastic, disdainful, sardonic, scoffing, abusive, contemptuous, jeering, ridiculing, satirical, insulting, disparaging, mocking, deprecative, derisive, flippant

Usage examples:

• " I wouldn't be like 'im for worlds," said Mr. Silk, with a scornful laugh. - "At Sunwich Port, Complete", W.W. Jacobs.
• She bit her lips and gave him her scornful silence. - "The Everlasting Whisper", Jackson Gregory.
• Isobel came to her feet and shot him a scornful glance. - "Black Man's Burden", Dallas McCord Reynolds.