Definitions | scorn |
| noun (uncountable)
- Contempt or disdain towards a despicable or unworthy person
verb
- To feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- To scoff, express contempt
- To reject, turn down
- She scorned his romantic advances.
Etymology: Alteration of escarn (cognate with Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno).
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