scorn
open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
an object of derision or contempt.
a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.
to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar.
to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help.
to mock; jeer.
Idioms about scorn
laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride: Many of his sophisticated listeners laughed him to scorn.
Origin of scorn
1synonym study For scorn
Other words for scorn
Opposites for scorn
Other words from scorn
- scorn·er, noun
- scorn·ing·ly, adverb
- out·scorn, verb (used with object)
- self-scorn, noun
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How to use scorn in a sentence
Her self-scorn made the colour surge into her cheeks and burn painfully over neck and brow.
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdWith him self-scorn went hand in hand with feebleness of will.
The Child of Pleasure | Gabriele D'AnnunzioJoe hung his head for a moment, then the pricking of the old self-scorn came with a turning tide.
A Pagan of the Hills | Charles Neville BuckVery tersely, thought the girl; not, however, to spare himself; a covert ring of self-scorn precluded that idea.
Half A Chance | Frederic S. IshamHe gave a little gesture of self-scorn as he rose to throw some dry sticks on the fire.
The Sheriff's Son | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for scorn
/ (skɔːn) /
open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
an object of contempt or derision
archaic an act or expression signifying contempt
to treat with contempt or derision
(tr) to reject with contempt
Origin of scorn
1Derived forms of scorn
- scorner, noun
- scornful, adjective
- scornfully, adverb
- scornfulness, noun
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