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noun

Scorn n.

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." "And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an aeon to be born."

An act or expression of extreme contempt. "Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn."

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."

To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone."

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

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

verb

Scorn v. t. (past & past part. scorned; pres. part. scoring)

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." "This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste." "We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful."

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." "To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously."

Synonyms: To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.

Scorn 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."

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Etymology of 'Scorn'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Judith of the Godless Valley • Honore Willsie

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— The Line of Love - Dizain des Mariages • James Branch Cabell

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— Wild Wales - Its People, Language and Scenery • George Borrow

... weapons to smite down the only foundation that upholds the old and new testament. It would be much easier work for them to stop the raging of the hurricane. God has them in derision, he will laugh them to scorn. But I must pass to the examination of this subject, as I ...

— A Vindication of the Seventh-Day Sabbath • Joseph Bates

... interest of it, follow that same basket-ball player a little more closely. Was she well developed and evenly trained in her muscles? Yes, very. Did she go to gymnasium, or did she scorn it? She went, twice a week regularly, and had good fun there; but there was just this contrast between her and most of the girls in the class: Jane, as we will call her, went to gymnasium as a means to an end. She found that she got an even development there which enabled her to walk ...

— Nerves and Common Sense • Annie Payson Call

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