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Scorn
skɔːn
Scorn definitions
noun
scorn
scorns
- a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something
"I do not wish to become the object of scorn"
- a person viewed with contempt or disdain
"a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee"
- a statement or gesture indicating contempt
"I met with scoffs, I met with scorns"
verb
scorn
scorned
scorning
scorns
- feel or express contempt or disdain for
"he tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself"
deride be contemptuous about hold in contempt treat with contempt pour/heap scorn on be scornful about look down on look down one's nose at disdain curl one's lip at mock scoff at sneer at sniff at jeer at laugh at laugh out of court- reject (something) in a contemptuous way
"a letter scorning his offer of intimacy"
- refuse to do something because one is too proud
"at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics"