Definition for

scorn

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noun – Mockery; derision; contempt; disdain.

noun – The expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain; a scoff; a slight.

noun – An object, of derision, contempt, or disdain; a thing to be or that is treated with contempt; a reproach or disgrace.

– To hold in scorn or contempt; disdain; despise: as, to scorn a hypocrite; to scorn all meanness.

– To bring to scorn; treat with scorn or contempt; make a mock of; deride.

– To bring into insignificance or into contempt.

– Synonyms Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn, scorn, and disdain less often apply to persons. In this they differ from the corresponding nouns and from despise, which apply with equal freedom to persons and things. Contemn is the generic term, expressing the fact; it is not so strong as contempt. To despise is to look down upon with strong contempt from a superior position of some sort. To scorn is to have an extreme and passionate contempt for. To disdain is to have a high-minded abhorrence of, or a proud and haughty contempt of. See arrogance.

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