- a strong feeling that somebody/something is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak synonym contempt
- Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.
- She was unable to hide the scorn in her voice.
- scorn for somebody/something They had nothing but scorn for his political views.
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumentc2- He has suffered public scorn and humiliation.
- He reserved particular scorn for the director.
- He stared with scorn at his interviewers.
- His poetry was the object of scorn.
- She expressed her scorn for the rules.
- She reserved her most withering scorn for journalists.
- What have I done to deserve such scorn?
- Young people may risk the scorn of their peers if they join such a club.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- withering
- public
- heap
- pour
- reserve
- …
- with scorn
- scorn for
- an object of scorn
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.Definitions on the go
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Idioms
See scorn in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarypour/heap scorn on somebody/something
- to speak about somebody/something in a way that shows that you do not respect them or have a good opinion of them
- Opposition politicians poured scorn on the proposals.
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