to scorn

Examples

• All

• Along with the children, physicists too scorned the mechanical in favor of the electrical.

  Academic text (1997)

• There's no good grounds for you to scorn their good words or their hearts full of good thoughts.

  Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

• "Why do you avoid and scorn me?"

  Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

• Fortune knows we scorn her most when most she offers blows.

  Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

• People kind of scorn YouTube and we still get asked questions of like, so how do you exactly make money on YouTube?

  The Try Guys

• His brothers had scorned him, and soon learned to call him an enemy.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Rejected and scorned by all decent members of society?

  The Magdalene Sisters (2002)

• All my life, I was scorned for my Dunlending blood.

  The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim (2024)

• In addition, some critics have scorned Cinema Novo for its lack of appeal with actual viewers.

  Academic text (1998)

• She did not hesitate to scorn the outdated ideas presented at the meeting.

Synonyms

D

to despise

vsto scorn

159 4.9

To strongly dislike and have no respect for someone or something

adds a stronger sense of rejecting worth rather than just dislike

S

to scoff

vsto scorn

80 6.5

To say or do things to show you do not respect someone

can be a feeling only, not necessarily spoken mockery

L

to loathe

vsto scorn

79 5.3

To dislike someone or something very strongly

is milder, focusing on low regard and possible rejection rather than hatred

D

to detest

vsto scorn

43 3.5

To feel a very strong dislike for someone or something

is less intense and centers on rejection or disdain rather than deep aversion

A

to abhor

vsto scorn

30 7.8

To hate something very much

is weaker emotionally, focusing on not valuing rather than hating

H

to hold in contempt

vsto scorn

26 7.8

To feel strong dislike and no respect for someone or something

shows disrespect and often also rejects the person as unworthy

D

to deride

vsto scorn

25 7.8

To make fun of someone in a cruel way

is often an internal feeling or quiet rejection rather than mockery

S

to spurn

vsto scorn

18 7.7

To refuse a person or an offer in a rude way

can be either a feeling or an act, not always full rejection

D

to disdain

vsto scorn

15 6.4

To treat a person or thing as not worthy of respect

is broader and can be informal or formal rejection or feeling

P

to pooh-pooh

vsto scorn

8 9.5

To treat an idea or opinion as unimportant and not worth taking seriously

covers stronger moral rejection, not only dismissive mockery

F

to freeze off

vsto scorn

• Informal

1 8.5

Treat someone in a cold way and ignore them to show dislike

includes feeling or active refusal, not only silent exclusion

C

to contemn

vsto scorn

• Literature

1 9.9

To treat someone as unimportant and show strong dislike for them

is the common emotional reaction rather than a literary term

T

to turn up one's nose

vsto scorn

7.5

To show you think something is not good enough

expresses general rejection or low regard rather than a gesture

Antonyms

A

to admire

621 1.6

To feel respect and pleasure when you look at someone or something

V

to value

291 1.9

To think a person or thing is important

How Contemptuous

to spurn

18 7.7

to despise

159 4.9

to scorn

25 5.5

to look down on

• Offensive

66 3.7

to dismiss

296 3.0

Surface Forms

Etymology