scorn

1. n. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Source: opted

2. n. An act or expression of extreme contempt. Source: opted

3. n. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. Source: opted

4. n. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. Source: opted

5. n. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. Source: opted

6. v. i. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully. Source: opted

7. n. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike Source: wordnet

8. n. open disrespect for a person or thing Source: wordnet

9. v. look down on with disdain Source: wordnet

10. v. reject with contempt Source: wordnet

11. 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an æon to be born. Emerson. 2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden. 3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13. To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. "He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone." Esther iii. 6. -- To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to redicule as contemptible. Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. Shak. This my long sufference, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith. 2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer. To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak. Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn. To scoff; to act disdainfully. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I remembered, scorned at me. Shak. Source: webster

12. To scoff; to act disdainfully.He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now Iremembered, scorned at me. Shak. Source: adambom

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