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Scorn Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Scorn? [n] open disrespect for a person or thing [n] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [v] reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [v] look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Scorn: contemn \| contempt \| contempt \| despise \| despite \| disdain \| disdain \| disdain \| freeze off \| pooh-pooh \| reject \| spurn \| turn down Related Terms \| Find terms related to Scorn: See Also \| brush off \| detest \| discourtesy \| dislike \| disrespect \| hate \| leer \| rebuff \| repel \| sneer \| snub Scorn In Webster's Dictionary \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern[=o]n to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. --Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an [ae]on to be born. --Emerson. 2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. --Dryden. 3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. --Ps. xliv. 13. {To think scorn}, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. ``He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.'' --Esther iii. 6. {To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, n.] 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. --Shak. This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. --C. J. Smith. 2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. --Chaucer. To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak. Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See {Contemn}. \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), v. i. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. --Shak.

Scorn Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scorn?

[n] open disrespect for a person or thing
[n] lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
[v] reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
[v] look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

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Scorn In Webster's Dictionary

\Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF.
escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern
mockery, skern[=o]n to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to
mock.]
1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that
   disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter
   meanness and unworthiness of an object.

         Scorn at first makes after love the more. --Shak.

         And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an [ae]on
         to be born.                           --Emerson.

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.

         Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the
         fuel that too fast did burn.          --Dryden.

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

         Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn
         and a derision to them that are round about us.
                                               --Ps. xliv.
                                               13.

{To think scorn}, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt;
   to disdain. ``He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai
   alone.'' --Esther iii. 6.

{To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to make a mock of; to
   ridicule as contemptible.

Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight;
     dishonor; mockery.


\Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, n.]
1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
   regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

         I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.  --Shak.

         This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those
         who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.

         We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
         disgraceful.                          --C. J. Smith.

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
   insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

         His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to
         laugh, and scorned him full fast.     --Chaucer.

         To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.

Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See {Contemn}.


\Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), v. i.
To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach;
to act disdainfully.

      He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And,
      now I am remembered, scorned at me.      --Shak.

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