scorn

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As a verb, scorn means feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody. As a noun, it means contempt or disdain.

Meanings of scorn

11 meanings

To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To reject, turn down.
“He scorned her romantic advances.”
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
“She scorned to show weakness.”
To scoff, to express contempt.
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”
Similar: contemn, despise, disdain
Reject with contempt
“She spurned his advances”
Similar: reject, spurn, freeze off, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down

Contempt or disdain.
A display of disdain; a slight.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislikefeeling
“he was held in contempt”
“the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary”
Similar: contempt, disdain, despite
Open disrespect for a person or thing
Similar: contempt