scorn

[scorn]

Scorn is open disrespect for someone or something. It can also be disrespect coupled with feelings of intense dislike.

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Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

Noun
open disrespect for a person or thing

Noun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

Verb
reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"

Verb
look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don''t catch on immediately"

n.
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

n.
An act or expression of extreme contempt.

n.
An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

n.
To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

n.
To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

v. i.
To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

Scorn

Scorn , n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernn to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

Scorn at first makes after love the more.

And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an '91on to be born.

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.

Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.

To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." Esther iii. 6. -- To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to redicule as contemptible. Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.

Scorn

Scorn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarning, escharnir. See Scorn, n.] 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.

This my long sufference, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.

We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.

To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously.

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.

Scorn

Scorn , v. i. To scoff; to act disdainfully.

He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I remembered, scorned at me.

Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

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Usage Examples

Anyone could be in the orchestra, or sports team, or arts club at my school. It was precisely the kind of inclusivity that now meets with a sort of scorn and derision as a prizes-for-all culture that generates only mediocrity. There's something so insulting about the idea that including lots of people means mediocrity.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I feel increasingly like age is very irrelevant. Quite often, cynicism is confused with wisdom, and my scorn is confused with a knowing, which I don't have.