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scorn
[ skawrn ]
/ skÉrn /
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noun
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.
verb (used with object)
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.
verb (used without object)
to mock; jeer.
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Idioms about scorn
laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride: Many of his sophisticated listeners laughed him to scorn.
Origin of scorn
First recorded in 1150â1200; (noun) Middle English scorn, scarn, from Old French escarn, from Germanic (compare obsolete Dutch schern âmockery, trickeryâ); (verb) Middle English skarnen, sc(h)ornen, from Old French escharnir, eschernir, ultimately from Germanic
synonym study for scorn
1. See contempt.
OTHER WORDS FROM scorn
scorn·er, nounscorn·ing·ly, adverbout·scorn, verb (used with object)self-scorn, nounWords nearby scorn
scoria, scorification, scorify, scoring, scoring position, in, scorn, scorned, scorner, scornful, scornfully, scorpaenid
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British Dictionary definitions for scorn
scorn
/ (skÉËn) /
noun
open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
an object of contempt or derision
archaic an act or expression signifying contempt
verb
to treat with contempt or derision
(tr) to reject with contempt
Derived forms of scorn
scorner, nounscornful, adjectivescornfully, adverbscornfulness, nounWord Origin for scorn
C12 schornen, from Old French escharnir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scerĆn to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch schern mockery
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