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   scorn

   /skôrn/

   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.

   Scrabble Points: 7

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