scorn
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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
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verb (used without object)
Idioms 6.
to mock; jeer.
7.
laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn.
Origin:
1150–1200; (noun) Middle English scorn, scarn < Old French escarn < Germanic (compare obsolete Dutch schern mockery, trickery); (v.) Middle English skarnen, sc(h)ornen < Old French escharnir, eschernir ≪ Germanic
1150–1200; (noun) Middle English scorn, scarn < Old French escarn < Germanic (compare obsolete Dutch schern mockery, trickery); (v.) Middle English skarnen, sc(h)ornen < Old French escharnir, eschernir ≪ Germanic
Related forms
scorn·er, noun
scorn·ing·ly, adverb
out·scorn, verb (used with object)
self-scorn, noun
un·scorned, adjective
Antonyms
3. praise.
3. praise.
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scorn (skɔːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision |
| 2. | an object of contempt or derision |
| 3. | archaic an act or expression signifying contempt |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to treat with contempt or derision |
| 5. | (tr) to reject with contempt |
| [C12 schornen, from Old French escharnir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scerōn to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch schern mockery] | |
| 'scorner | |
| —n | |
| 'scornful | |
| —adj | |
| 'scornfully | |
| —adv | |
| 'scornfulness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
scorn
c.1200, aphetic of O.Fr. escarn "mockery, derision, contempt," a common Romanic word (cf. Sp. escarnio, It. scherno) of Gmc. origin, from P.Gmc. *skarnjan "mock, deride" (cf. O.H.G. skern "mockery, jest, sport," M.H.G. scherzen "to jump with joy"). Probably influenced by O.Fr. escorne "affront, disgrace,"
which is a back-formation from escorner, lit. "to break off (someone's) horns," from V.L. *excornare (source of It. scornare "treat with contempt"), from L. ex- "without" + cornu "horn." The verb also is attested from c.1200.
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Example sentences
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, eager to demonstrate their scorn for the companies, have called for their eradication.
The resulting contradictions of income and perceived wealth drew widespread remark-and some scorn.
They also endured the scorn of many of those they thought they served.
It was a perfect balm, after a season of unrelenting scorn and derision.
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