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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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Scorned
is always a great word to know.
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| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used without object)
Idiom6.
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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Example Sentences
- Judas stands alone on stage, scorned and rejected, the deed of betrayal done.
- But that idea was scorned by several of the program leaders who responded in the report's appendix.
- His was no narrow historicism: he scorned the idea that the past was a guide to the future.
Etymonline
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,"
EXPANDwhich 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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