Scorn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy.
  • n. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.
  • n. One spoken of or treated with contempt.
  • v. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy.
  • v. To reject or refuse with derision. See Synonyms at despise.
  • verb-intransitive. To express contempt; scoff.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
  • v. To scoff, express contempt
  • v. To reject, turn down
  • n. Contempt or disdain.
  • n. A display of disdain; A slight.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • v. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
  • v. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
  • verb-intransitive. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Mockery; derision; contempt; disdain.
  • n. The expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain; a scoff; a slight.
  • n. An object, of derision, contempt, or disdain; a thing to be or that is treated with contempt; a reproach or disgrace.
  • To hold in scorn or contempt; disdain; despise: as, to scorn a hypocrite; to scorn all meanness.
  • To bring to scorn; treat with scorn or contempt; make a mock of; deride.
  • To bring into insignificance or into contempt.
  • Synonyms Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn, scorn, and disdain less often apply to persons. In this they differ from the corresponding nouns and from despise, which apply with equal freedom to persons and things. Contemn is the generic term, expressing the fact; it is not so strong as contempt. To despise is to look down upon with strong contempt from a superior position of some sort. To scorn is to have an extreme and passionate contempt for. To disdain is to have a high-minded abhorrence of, or a proud and haughty contempt of. See arrogance.
  • To feel scorn or contempt.
  • To point with scorn; scoff; jeer: generally with at.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. look down on with disdain
  • v. reject with contempt
  • n. open disrespect for a person or thing
  • n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
  • Verb Form
    scorned    scornefully    scornes    scornfulness    scorning    scorns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dislike   
    Cross Reference
    Form
    scornful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    derision    contumely    slight    disdain    contempt    mockery    dishonor    despite    despise    contemn   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Born    Horn    Horne    Lorne    Thorn    Thorne    aborn    adorn    born    borne   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    contempt    indignation    reproach    derision    bitterness    pity    irony    defiance    astonishment    shame