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Scorn

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Noun

1. contempt, despite, disdain, scorn

lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

Example Sentences:
'he was held in contempt'
'the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary'

2. contempt, scorn

open disrespect for a person or thing

Verb

3. contemn, despise, disdain, scorn

look down on with disdain

Example Sentences:
'He despises the people he has to work for'
'The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately'

4. disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down

reject with contempt

Example Sentences:
'She spurned his advances'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Scorn

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noun
1. 
open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
2. 
an object of contempt or derision
3. archaic
an act or expression signifying contempt
verb
4. 
to treat with contempt or derision
5. (transitive)
to reject with contempt

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Scorn

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noun
1. 
extreme, often indignant, contempt for someone or something; utter disdain
2. 
expression of this in words or manner
3. 
the object of such contempt
verb transitive
4. 
to regard with scorn; view or treat with contempt
5. 
to refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful
verb intransitive
6.  Obsolete
to scoff

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Scorn

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n.
1.
a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy: viewed his rivals with scorn.
b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision: heaped scorn upon his rivals.
c. The state of being despised or dishonored: held in scorn by his rivals.
2. Archaic One spoken of or treated with contempt.
tr.v. scorned, scorn·ing, scorns
1. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy: an artist who was scorned by conservative critics.
2. To reject or refuse with derision: scorned their offer of help. See Synonyms at despise.
3. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity: "She disapproved so heartily of Flora's plan that she would have scorned to assist in the concoction of a single oily sentence" (Stella Gibbons).

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