Scorn (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
  2. an object of derision or contempt.
  3. a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.
verb (used with object)
  1. to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar.
  2. to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help.
verb (used without object)
  1. to mock; jeer.
Idioms
  1. to ridicule; deride: Many of his sophisticated listeners laughed him to scorn.
noun
  1. open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
  2. an object of contempt or derision
  3. an act or expression signifying contempt
verb
  1. to treat with contempt or derision
  2. to reject with contempt
Scorn (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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