See Also: scorn(1)(dictionary)
scorn(2)(dictionary)
scorn 1, noun(dictionary)
scorn 2, verb(dictionary)

scorn(1) (iou)



scorn noun. ME.

Mockery, derision; contempt. ME.
M. Meyer Rosamond..poured scorn on them, mockingly quoting things they had said. Anne Stevenson The children would be baptized..despite her scorn for the rector.
A manifestation of contempt; a derisive utterance or gesture; a taunt, an insult. arch. ME.
Tennyson I met with scoffs, I met with scorns.
Orig., matter for mockery or derision, something contemptible. Later, an object of mockery or contempt. ME.
Milton Made of my Enemies the scorn and gaze. W. C. Bryant A scandal and a scorn To all who look on thee.
Phrases: laugh to scorn: see LAUGH verb. think it scorn, think scorn arch. disdain (foll. by that, to do). think scorn of arch. despise.
scornful adjective (a) full of scorn, contemptuous (of), derisive; (b) regarded with scorn, contemptible: ME.
scornfully adverb LME.
scornfulness noun M16.