If you are scornful of someone or something, you show contempt for them.
He is deeply scornful of politicians. [+ of]
...a scornful simile.
Synonyms: contemptuous, insulting, mocking, defiant
scornfully graded adverb [usually ADVERB with verb] 'I didn't think so,' the judge said scornfully.
Synonyms: contemptuously, with contempt, dismissively, disdainfully