Scorn

Verb

 * 1)  To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
 * 2)  To scoff, express contempt
 * 3)  To reject, turn down

Noun

 * 1)  Contempt or disdain towards a despicable or unworthy person
 * 2)  A display of disdain; A slight.

Adjectives for Scorn
sullen; compassionate; rising; indignant; ineffable ; casual; virtuous; supercilious; helpless; hopeless; merry; revengeful; unconcealed; quiet; tameless; haughty; curious; intolerable; unaffected; languid; tender; triumphant; indescribable; infidel; shameful; profound; defiant; hard; superficial; superior; writhing; bitter; frank; casual; withering; sensitive; mingled; magnanimous; spitting; fine; chivalric; idle; constant; contemptuous; amused; foul; old-fashioned; supreme; ribald; dazzling; womanly; unutterable; unsavory; incredulous; incalculable; contemptuous.

Verbs for Scorn
bristle in—; cloak in—; convey—; deride in—; expose to—; express—; feign—; heap—; imply—; point in—; quiver in—; regard with—; sneer in—; snort in—; submit to—; treat with—; wither with—; —deepens; — grows; —offends.

Adverbs for Scorn
theoretically; unutterably; sullenly; indignantly; superciliously; haughtily; intolerably; triumphantly; indescribably; casually; contemptuously; hatefully.

Thesaurus
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, abhor, airs, arrogance, be above, be contemptuous of, care nothing for, clannishness, cliquishness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, deprecation, deride, derision, despisal,

Etymology
Alteration of escarn (cognate with Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno).

Pronunciation




Derived terms

 * scornful

Verb

 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: κοροϊδεύω (koroïthevó)


 * Italian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: a dispreţui
 * Russian:, относиться с пренебрежением
 * Spanish: ,


 * French:
 * German:
 * Polish: szydzić, drwić


 * Russian: насмехаться, глумиться
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:


 * Italian:
 * Polish: wzgardzić, odrzucić
 * Spanish: rechazar

Noun

 * Chinese: 輕蔑, 轻蔑
 * Dutch: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שאט-נפש
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,

Anagrams

 * corns