scorn
verb/skɔːn/
/skɔːrn/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they scorn | /skɔːn/ /skɔːrn/ |
| he / she / it scorns | /skɔːnz/ /skɔːrnz/ |
| past simple scorned | /skɔːnd/ /skɔːrnd/ |
| past participle scorned | /skɔːnd/ /skɔːrnd/ |
| -ing form scorning | /ˈskɔːnɪŋ/ /ˈskɔːrnɪŋ/ |
- scorn somebody/something to feel or show that you think somebody/something is stupid and you do not respect them or it synonym dismiss
- She scorned their views as old-fashioned.
- Such methods are scorned by reputable practitioners.
- His brother had always scorned him.
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- (formal) to refuse to have or do something because you are too proud
- scorn something to scorn an invitation
- scorn to do something She would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.
Idioms
See scorn in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryhell hath no fury (like a woman scorned)
- used to refer to somebody, usually a woman, who has reacted very angrily to something, especially the fact that her husband or partner has been unfaithful
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