Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SCORN'FUL, a.

1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent. Th'enamor'd deity / The scornful damsel shuns. – Dryden.
2. Acting in defiance or disregard. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. – Prior.
3. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.