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Meaning scorn meaning

What does scorn mean?
Definitions in simple English

scorn Noun

— Scorn is a strong feeling, attitude, or comment that something has very low quality or low value. The teacher was often the object of the students' scorn. The idea drew scorn from the community.

scorn Verb

— If you scorn something, you you show that you strongly think it has very low quality or low value. They began to consider ideas they had previously scorned.

scorn

— noun (= contempt, despite) lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike he was held in contempt the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary — verb (= despise, disdain) 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 — noun (= contempt) open disrespect for a person or thing — verb (= reject, spurn) reject with contempt She spurned his advances

Synonyms scorn synonyms

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scorn English » English

disdain contempt despise ridicule derision mockery look down on mock contemn slight deride disparage spurn sneer look down scoff make a fool of look down upon dislike belittle snub sarcasm laugh at insult hold in contempt flout disregard despite treat with contempt reject dishonor disgrace turn down laugh ignore freeze off diss denigrate badmouth tease refuse pooh-pooh knock jeer at hate gibe dismiss despisal depreciate decline

Topics scorn topics

What do people use scorn to talk about?
Language and thought Communication Say Criticize

Mock
Social behavior Behavior Admire someone

Despise someone

Conjugation scorn conjugation

How do you conjugate scorn?

scorn · verb

Examples scorn examples

How do I use scorn in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It verges on scorn.
Hour after hour in hope he bore,nor might his soul its faith give o'er; nor could the tyrant's scorn deriding, steal from that faith one thought confiding!
Racism has its roots in the distrust and scorn for people who differ in their appearance and their culture.
Scorn is the food of fools.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
He was the scorn of the other boys.
Tom learnt from Mr Ogawa that many people have scorn for the nouveau riche.
You could see the look of scorn on Tom's face.

Movie subtitles

Ay, some are yet ungotten and unborn that shall have cause to curse the Dauphin's scorn.
Now, by this hand, I swear I scorn the title.
Scorn and defiance, slight regard, contempt, and anything that may not misbecome the mighty sender, doth he prize you at.
You don't seem to realize where a woman's scorn can lead.
What hidden scorn you must have for yourself.
I know of a roof nearby, but perhaps you would scorn it.
Teach not thy lip such scorn. for it was made for kissing, lady. not for such contempt.
You do him injury to scorn his corse.
To mitigate the scorn he gives his uncle, he prettily and aptly taunts himself.
Stanley did dream the boar chopped off his head. but I disdained it and did scorn to fly.
And you.. You scorn every Trojan duty.
Does he think his reputation as a Go master allows him to scorn me?!
The finger of scorn is pointed at him.
That woman who dared to scorn me.
And further. yet I don't know if a woman's conflicting feelings are of interest to you or whether they provoke your scorn, Duke?
Patronize him, scorn him, revenge yourself upon him.
He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear, he hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear.
Thou wast born of woman; but swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn, brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.
Nor his palpable scorn of our island kingdom.
And if people scorn us.
You would put us to scorn and divide the city?
I'd rather have your scorn than pity.
Don't scorn my tears.
A minute's scorn is poison.
He will refuse to misrepresent his product. He will scorn unmerited profit.
Now, by this hand, I swear, I scorn the title.
He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear he hopes 'bove wisdom, grace and fear.
Because when a girl likes you, you scorn her as if she had insulted you.
Didn't they scorn us after yesterday?
Does the High Priest scorn my attempts to be worthy of command?
But alas, to make me a fixed figure for the time of scorn to point his slow unmoving finger at.
All our well-intentioned attempts to reform him were met with scorn.

News and current affairs

They so scorn US foreign assistance that they have thrown open the doors to China's new global leadership in development financing.
But such scorn is misplaced, because popular entertainment often contains subtle images and messages about individualism, consumer choice, and other values that have important political effects.
Yes, Blatter has finally resigned, but only after he and dozens of Federation members once again showed their scorn for honesty and the law.
Thereafter, a good Confucian could, with untroubled conscience, scorn the Buddhist renunciation of the world.
Its workforce labors round the clock and its inventiveness, energy, and diversity counter provincialism with scorn.
This concern about mass media is no mere elitist scorn for popular culture.
For example, recent criticism of Asian regulators by US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is viewed across the region with scorn, not to mention incredulity.
But Russia has recently met our efforts with scorn, from suspension of its participation in the Conventional Armed Forces Treaty to harassment of business people and cyber attacks on neighbors.
In other times, it would have been the absence of a man that turned Suleman into an object of public scorn.
The trigger for this wave of scorn was Li's sell-off of some of his prime Shanghai properties, after relocating his corporate registry from Hong Kong to the Cayman Islands.

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