Scorn — Defs

01 n. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

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 aeon 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.

Phrases & compounds

To think scorn — to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain.

To laugh to scorn — to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.

02 v. t. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

imp. & p. p. Scorned; p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring

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.

03 v. i. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

1.
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.