scornnoun [ U ]
uk/skɔːn/us/skɔːrn/a very strong feeling of no respect for someone or something that you think is stupid or has no value:
She has nothing but scorn for the new generation of politicians.
Why do you always pour/heap scorn on (= criticize severely and unfairly) my suggestions?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- laugh
- never
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scornful
- scruple
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- wave sth aside
- write
- write sb/sth off
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scornverb [ T ]
uk/skɔːn/us/skɔːrn/to show scorn for someone or something:
So does he respect the press and media, or does he secretly scorn them?
You scorned all my suggestions.
to refuse advice or an offer because you are too proud:
She scorned all my offers of help.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- laugh
- never
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scornful
- scruple
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- wave sth aside
- write
- write sb/sth off
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