scorn
/skɔ:n/
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Definition
Noun:
- Open contempt or disdain: A feeling that someone or something is worthless, inferior, or undeserving of respect.
- An expression of such contempt: An act or statement that shows scorn.
Verb:
- To treat with contempt or disdain: To reject or dismiss someone or something as unworthy.
- To refuse or reject with scorn: To show contempt by refusing something.
Examples of Usage
Noun:
- Her face was full of scorn for the dishonest proposal.
- He dismissed their outdated ideas with a look of pure scorn.
Verb:
- She scorned his offer of help, insisting she could manage alone.
- The critic scorned the artist's latest work as amateurish.
Advanced Usage
"to heap/pour scorn on someone/something": to criticize someone or something very strongly and with contempt.
- The media heaped scorn on the government's new policy.
"to be the scorn of": to be an object of widespread contempt or ridicule.
- After the scandal, he became the scorn of the entire industry.
Variants and Related Words
Scornful (adj): Feeling or expressing scorn.
- He gave a scornful laugh at the suggestion.
Scorner (n): (Archaic) A person who scorns.
Synonyms
- Noun: Contempt, disdain, derision, disrespect.
- Verb: Despise, disdain, look down on, spurn, reject.
Related Phrasal Verbs/Constructions
(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
- "laugh to scorn": (Archaic/Literary) to mock or ridicule someone openly.
- The prophet's warnings were laughed to scorn by the people.
Noun
- open disrespect for a person or thing
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
- he was held in contempt
- the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary
Verb
- reject with contempt
- She spurned his advances
- 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