scorn

SCORN, noun 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 3:6. 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. Psalms 44:13. To think scorn to disdain; to despise. obsolete To laugh to scorn to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. They laughed us to scorn Nehemiah 2:19. SCORN, verb transitive 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. Proverbs 3:34. 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 intransitive To scorn at, to scoff at; to treat with contumely, derision or reproach. obsolete