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   Scorn

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   noun

   • 1. the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt: "I do not wish to become the object of scorn"
   • ▪ a person viewed with scorn: "a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee"
   • ▪ a statement or gesture indicating scorn: "I met with scoffs, I met with scorns"

   verb

   • 1. feel or express contempt or derision for: "he tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself" Similar deridebe contemptuous abouthold in contempttreat with contemptpour/heap scorn onbe scornful aboutlook down onlook down one's nose atdisdaincurl one's lip atmockscoff atsneer atsniff atjeer atlaugh atlaugh out of courtdisparageslightdismisscock a snook atspit in the eye/face ofspit onthumb one's nose atinformal:turn one's nose up atblow raspberries atgive the Bronx cheer tovulgar slang:piss on/overarchaic:contemnrare:misprizescoutOpposite admirerespect
   • ▪ reject (something) in a contemptuous way: "opponents scorned his offer to negotiate" Similar spurnrebuffrejectignoreshunsnub
   • ▪ refuse to do something because one is too proud: "at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics" Similar refuse torefrain fromnot lower oneself tobe aboveconsider it beneath one

   Word Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.

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   What does scorn mean?

   • Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. SCORNED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of scorn 2. to show scorn for someone or something: 3. to…. Learn more.

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   What is the difference between scorn and disdain?

   • scorn implies a ready or indignant contempt. disdain implies an arrogant or supercilious aversion to what is regarded as unworthy. Noun Unlike government censorship, this corruption eats at one of China's more beleaguered professions from within its ranks.

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   What does it mean if a person is scorned?

   • His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt. an object of derision or contempt. a derisive or contemptuous action or speech. They scorned the old beggar. She scorned my help. to mock; jeer. archaic. Many of his sophisticated listeners laughed him to scorn. See contempt.

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   Should we be scorned for cooking?

   • Soon it will be our turn to be scorned. Your scorn and attempted shaming does nothing to advance debate. If we have used it badly, we can not therefore scorn it, without scorning ourselves. Detractors of such cooking scorn it for being artificial and somehow not really cooking. It is looked at with scorn and derision.

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   Is scorn a sex barrier?

   • This idea fell out of favor in the last century—and was looked on with scorn as “unscientific.” Then she put her anger from her; put from her, too, the insolence and scorn with which so lavishly she had addressed him hitherto. But scorn is far more volcanic than glacial and a poor barrier between sex and judgment.

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   Why was he scorned by his classmates?

   • He was scorned by his classmates for his bad behavior. The boundary of wretched practitioners and refined doctors is again transgressed, and she even scorns the insufficiency of scientific knowledge. He scorned the device suggested by the author of flinging himself into an armchair.

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    scorn: 1 n lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike Synonyms: contempt , despite , disdain Type of: dislike a feeling of aversion or antipathy n open disrespect for a person or thing Synonyms: contempt Types: fleer contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words leer , sneer a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the ...