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ALL meanings of scorn

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  • noun scorn open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt. 1
  • noun scorn an object of derision or contempt. 1
  • noun scorn a derisive or contemptuous action or speech. 1
  • verb with object scorn to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar. 1
  • verb with object scorn to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help. 1
  • verb without object scorn to mock; jeer. 1
  • idioms scorn laugh to scorn, to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn. 1
  • noun scorn contempt, disrespect 1
  • transitive verb scorn reject sb 1
  • transitive verb scorn reject help, offer 1
  • uncountable noun scorn If you treat someone or something with scorn, you show contempt for them. 0
  • verb scorn If you scorn someone or something, you feel or show contempt for them. 0
  • verb scorn If you scorn something, you refuse to have it or accept it because you think it is not good enough or suitable for you. 0
  • noun scorn open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision 0
  • noun scorn an object of contempt or derision 0
  • noun scorn an act or expression signifying contempt 0
  • verb scorn to treat with contempt or derision 0
  • verb scorn to reject with contempt 0
  • noun scorn extreme, often indignant, contempt for someone or something; utter disdain 0
  • noun scorn expression of this in words or manner 0
  • noun scorn the object of such contempt 0
  • verb transitive scorn to regard with scorn; view or treat with contempt 0
  • verb transitive scorn to refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful 0
  • intransitive verb scorn to scoff 0
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