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Noun: scorn  skorn
  1. Lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    "he was held in scorn";
    - contempt, disdain, despite
     
  2. Open disrespect for a person or thing
    "Her scorn for the proposal was evident in her facial expression";
    - contempt
Verb: scorn  skorn
  1. Refuse with contempt
    "She scorned his advances";
    - reject, spurn, freeze off [informal], pooh-pooh [informal], disdain, turn down
     
  2. Look down on with disdain
    "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately";
    - contemn [archaic], despise, disdain

Derived forms: scorning, scorns, scorned

Type of: decline, detest, discourtesy, dislike, disrespect, hate, refuse

Encyclopedia: Scorn