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Definition of Scorn

1. Noun. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. "The despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"

2. Verb. Look down on with disdain. "Sam cannot scorn Sue "; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"

3. Noun. Open disrespect for a person or thing.

4. Verb. Reject with contempt. "She spurned his advances"

Definition of Scorn

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

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

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

Definition of Scorn

1. Verb. (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To scoff, express contempt ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To reject, turn down ¹

4. Noun. Contempt or disdain. ¹

5. Noun. A display of disdain; A slight. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scorn

1. to treat or regard with contempt [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scorn

scoriations scorie scorification scorified scorifier scorifiers scorifies scoriform scorify scorifying

scoring scoring off scoring system scorings scorious scorn (current term) scorned scornee scornees scorner

scorners scornest scorneth scornful scornfully scornfulness scornfulnesses scorning scorningly scornings

Literary usage of Scorn

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are Deduced from ...by Samuel Johnson by Samuel Johnson (1805)
"He answered, Because the one knew what they wanted, the others did not. Bacon. formed per?ons are hold, as being on their own defence, as exposed to scorn. ..."

2. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1872)
"Contempt, scorn and disdain, variously expressed — Derisive smile — Gestures expressive of ... scorn and disdain can hardly be distinguished from contempt, ..."

3. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1913)
"Contempt, scorn and disdain, variously expressed—Derisive smile—Gestures expressive of ... scorn and disdain can hardly be distinguished from contempt, ..."

4. The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin (1886)
"Contempt, scorn and disdain, variously expressed — Derisive smile — Gestures expressive of ... scorn and disdain can hardly be distinguished from contempt, ..."

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