scorn
[ skawrn ]
/ skɔrn /
noun
open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
an object of derision or contempt.
a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.
verb (used with object)
to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar.
to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help.
verb (used without object)
to mock; jeer.
Idioms for scorn
laugh to scorn,
to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn.
Origin of scorn
1150–1200; (noun) Middle English
scorn, scarn < Old French
escarn < Germanic (compare obsolete Dutch
schern mockery, trickery); (v.) Middle English
skarnen, sc(h)ornen < Old French
escharnir, eschernir ≪ Germanic
SYNONYMS FOR scorn
synonym study for scorn
1. See
contempt.
OTHER WORDS FROM scorn
Words nearby scorn
scoria,
scorification,
scorify,
scoring,
scoring position, in,
scorn,
scornful,
scorpaenid,
scorpaenoid,
scorper,
scorpio
Example sentences from the Web for scorn
British Dictionary definitions for scorn
scorn
/ (skɔːn) /
noun
open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
an object of contempt or derision
archaic
an act or expression signifying contempt
verb
to treat with contempt or derision
(tr)
to reject with contempt
Derived forms of scorn
scorner, noun scornful, adjective scornfully, adverb scornfulness, nounWord Origin for scorn
C12
schornen, from Old French
escharnir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German
scerōn to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch
schern mockery