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scorn

[skawrn]

noun

  1. open or unqualified contempt; disdain.

    His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.

    Synonyms:
  2. an object of derision or contempt.

  3. a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.

    Antonyms:


verb (used with object)

  1. to treat or regard with contempt or disdain.

    They scorned the old beggar.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  2. to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain.

    She scorned my help.

verb (used without object)

  1. to mock; jeer.

scorn

/ ɔː /

noun

  1. open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision

  2. an object of contempt or derision

  3. archaican act or expression signifying contempt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to treat with contempt or derision

  2. (tr) to reject with contempt

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • scorner noun
  • scorningly adverb
  • outscorn verb (used with object)
  • self-scorn noun
  • ˈǰԴڳܱ adverb
  • ˈǰԴڳܱԱ noun
  • ˈǰԴڳܱ adjective
  • ˈǰԱ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scorn1

First recorded in 1150–1200; (noun) Middle English scorn, scarn, from Old French escarn, from Germanic (compare obsolete Dutch schern “mockery, trickery”); (verb) Middle English skarnen, sc(h)ornen, from Old French escharnir, eschernir, ultimately from Germanic
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of scorn1

C12 schornen, from Old French escharnir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German ō to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch schern mockery
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride.

    Many of his sophisticated listeners laughed him to scorn.

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When Trump won the election, Fugate marked the moment with an emotional post about believing in him “from the very start, even to the scorn and contempt of my peers.”

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Harris’ delay in making a decision about the gubernatorial contest, however, has drawn scorn from some Democrats who have announced their candidacies.

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It cited the groom's "betrayal" and money - hinting at a scorned lover or property dispute - as motives.

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That record would have a profound influence on O’Connor, the Irish singer who wrestled with God like a scorned lover: “Tell me, where did the light die?” she sang in her song “Troy.”

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Here, it reads as though Tesfaye is still scorned from that experience, hoping that playing a variant of himself that he’s used to acting out in his songwriting will communicate his intentions with more honesty.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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