Definition of scorn Scorn

/skɔˈɹn/ - [skorn] - scorn

We found 19 definitions of scorn from 6 different sources.

What does scorn mean?

Noun
scorn - open disrespect for a person or thing
		contempt
		discourtesy, disrespect a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others
		fleer contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words
		leer, sneer a suggestive or sneering look or grin
scorn - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
		contempt, disdain, despite
		dislike a feeling of aversion or antipathy; "my dislike of him was instinctive"
Verb scorns, scorning, scorned
scorn - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
		reject, spurn, freeze off, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
		refuse, decline show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
		rebuff, snub, repel reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
scorn - 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"
		contemn, despise, disdain
		detest, hate dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards; "I hate Mexican food"; "She detests politicians"
		look down on regard with contempt; "the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest"

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scorn (Noun)
Contempt or disdain.
scorn (Noun)
A display of disdain; A slight.
scorn (Verb)
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
scorn (Verb)
To scoff, express contempt.
scorn (Verb)
To reject, turn down .

scorn (n.)
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
scorn (n.)
An act or expression of extreme contempt.
scorn (n.)
An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
scorn (n.)
To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
scorn (n.)
To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
scorn (v. i.)
To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

scorn
The feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless.
scorn
To regard with contempt.

scorn
skorn, n. disdain caused by a mean opinion of anything: extreme contempt: object of contempt.—v.t. to hold in extreme contempt: to disdain: to make a mock of.—v.i. to scoff: to jeer.—n. Scor′ner, one who scorns: (B.) one who scoffs at religion: a scoffer.—adj. Scorn′ful, full of scorn: contemptuous: disdainful.—adv. Scorn′fully.—ns. Scorn′fulness; Scor′ning.—Laugh to scorn (B.), to deride; Think scorn, to disdain or despise. [O. Fr. escarn, mockery—Old High Ger. skern, mockery.]

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scorn in sign language