scorn
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5.1
- noun
- /skɔrn/
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desprecio
- Many people expressed their scorn for the politician's extravagant lifestyle.
- heap scorn on
- pour scorn on
- scorn and ridicule
Their words, their scorn, their contempt, their gaslighting.
- Their words, their scorn, their contempt, their gaslighting.
- He married someone else, someone who smiled a lot, whose scorn was palpable.
- For who would bear the whips and scorns of time?
- It was a small price to pay and they deserved his scorn and he deserved an apology.
- And I could see the look on her face change from scorn to mild interest.
- Hegel tells us it is a pure conscience which rejects with scorn such a moral ideal of the world.
- Camus signals the scorn of the gods, hatred of death, and passion for life.
- Just seem weird to kind of stick out in a way that often feels like it's the basis for scorn and feeling derision.
- And then in his scorn to Bosey, he says, when I was with you, I got nothing done.
- The mirror of scorn and pity towards man or towards humanity.
- And if they were, it was in to condemn, you know, hateful, you know, jokes, but just just scorn, a lot of scorn.
Examples
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At worst, he was an object of scorn who was put on display and cruelly ridiculed by the public.
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They look at me with scorn
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My scorn has never been so great.
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The tone here is one of scorn and of the type "poor but happy."
Academic text (1999) -
And I could see the look on her face change from scorn to mild interest.
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The finger of scorn is pointed at him.
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And I felt that she despised me, with a scorn that could lead to hate.
Fiction book (1993) -
For Thomas, the motive was scorn for Congress and a deep belief in original intent, says Merrill.
Academic text (2003) -
Early twentieth-century women conductors met the same scorn and derision as players of "unusual" instruments.
Academic text (1993) -
Widely regarded as "backward" or "uncivilized," they also suffer from much gratuitous scorn and ridicule.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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5.5
A strong feeling that someone or something is worthless and deserves no respect
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6.5
A feeling of strong dislike and lack of respect
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4.8
An act of making someone look silly so other people laugh at them
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7.5
An action that shows you do not respect someone, often by laughing or saying rude things
Showing strong dislike and no respect for a person or thing
A feeling that you are better than other people
Antonyms
How Scornful
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scorn comes from an old French word that meant 'mockery' or 'making fun of' someone. So scorn is like looking down on someone and showing you think they are not worthy.