scornworthy

English

Etymology

scorn + -worthy

Adjective

scornworthy (comparative more scornworthy, superlative most scornworthy)

  1. 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.
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