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Webster 1913 Edition
Scorn
Scorn
(skôrn)
, Noun.
[OE.
scorn
, scarn
, scharn
, OF. escarn
, escharn
, eschar
, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern
mockery, skernōn
to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner
to mock.] 1.
Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
Scorn
at first makes after love the more. Shakespeare
And wandered backward as in
To wait an aeon to be born.
scorn
,To wait an aeon to be born.
Emerson.
2.
An act or expression of extreme contempt.
Every sullen frown and bitter
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
scorn
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
Dryden.
3.
An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a
scorn
and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13.
To think scorn
, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain.
“He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6.
– To laugh to scorn
, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
Syn. – Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.
Scorn
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Scorned
(skôrnd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Scoring
.] 1.
To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
I
scorn
thy meat; ’t would choke me. Shakespeare
This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and
Those who neglect and
scorn
shall never taste. Milton.
We
scorn
what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith.
2.
To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
Gan for to laugh, and
Gan for to laugh, and
scorned
him full fast. Chaucer.
To taunt and
scorn
you thus opprobriously. Shakespeare
Syn. – To contemn; despise; disdain. See
Contemn
. Scorn
(skôrn)
, Verb.
I.
To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
He said mine eyes were black and my hair black,
And, now I am remembered,
And, now I am remembered,
scorned
at me. Shakespeare
Webster 1828 Edition
Scorn
SCORN
, n.1.
Extreme contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the meanness of an object, and a consciousness or belief of his own superiority or worth.He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Esther 3.
Every sullen frown and bitter scorn but fann'd the fuel that too fast did burn.
2.
A subject of extreme contempt, disdain or derision; that which is treated with contempt.Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. Ps. 44.
To think scorn, to disdain; to despise. obs.
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
They laughed us to scorn. Neh. 2.
SCORN
, v.t.1.
to hold in extreme contempt; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. job. 16.Surely he scorneth the scorner; but he giveth grace to the lowly. Prov. 3.
2.
to think unworth; to disdain.Fame that delights around the world to stray, scorns not to take our Argos in her way.
3.
To slight; to disregard; to neglect.This my long suff'rance and my day of grace, those who neglect and scorn, shall never taste.
SCORN
,Verb.
I.