noun, verb
noun [U] ~ (for sb/sth) a strong feeling that sb/sth is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak
SYNCONTEMPT:
Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn. * They had nothing but scorn for his political views. * She was unable to hide the scorn in her voice.
IDIOMS
pour / heap scorn on sb/sth to speak about sb/sth in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN] to feel or show that you think sb/sth is stupid and you do not respect them or it:
She scorned their views as old-fashioned. * Such methods are scorned by reputable practitioners. * His brother had always scorned him.
2 (formal) to refuse to have or do sth because you are too proud:
[VN] to scorn an invitation / offer * [Vtoinf] She would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
IDIOMS see HELL
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for scorn is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is scorn a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, scorn is tagged as verb.
Does scorn appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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