scorn
[ skawrn ]
/ skɔrn /
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 for scorn
laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn.
Origin of scorn
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
synonym study for scorn
1. See contempt.
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British Dictionary definitions for scorn
scorn
/ (skɔːn) /
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 scerōn to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch schern mockery
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