 |
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scorn \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), noun [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern[=o]n to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.]
1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs 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 [ae]on 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 ridicule as contemptible.
Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scorn \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), verb (used without an object) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scorn \Scorn\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, noun]
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 sufferance, 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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
scorn
noun
1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: {contempt}, {disdain}, {despite}]
2: open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: {contempt}]
verb
1: 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" [syn: {contemn}, {despise}, {disdain}]
2: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {reject}, {spurn}, {freeze off}, {pooh-pooh}, {disdain}, {turn down}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "scorn": abhor, airs, arrogance, be above, be contemptuous of, care nothing for, clannishness, cliquishness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, deprecation, deride, derision, despisal, despise, despite, disavow, disdain, disdainfulness, dismissal, disown, disparage, disparagement, disprize, disregard, dump on, exclusiveness, feel contempt for, feel superior to, flout, flouting, fuss, gibing, hauteur, hold beneath one, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in derision, ignore, insult, jeer at, jeering, laugh at, laugh to scorn, look, look down upon, make fun of, misprize, mockery, pick and choose, poke fun at, pooh-pooh, put down, rank low, rebuff, reject, rejection, ridicule, scoff at, scoffing, scornfulness, scout, set at defiance, set at naught, shun, slight, slight over, sneer at, sneering, sneeze at, sniff at, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snort at, snottiness, snub, sovereign contempt, spurn, superciliousness, taunt, taunting, think nothing of, toploftiness, treat with contempt
 |
Definitions retrieved from local copies of the freely distributed DICT client/server software and databases. Click here for database copyright information. - KM |