| 1. | open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt. |
| 2. | an object of derision or contempt. |
| 3. | a derisive or contemptuous action or speech. |
| 4. | to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar. |
| 5. | to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help. |
| 6. | to mock; jeer. |
| 7. | laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn. |
