scorn
(Music)
[noun]
Synonyms:
- contempt, derision, disdain, disparagement, mockery, sarcasm
[verb]
Synonyms:
- despise, be above, deride, disdain, flout, reject, scoff at, slight, spurn

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Antonyms: respect
Contrasted words: consideration, respectfulness, accept, acknowledge, welcome
Related Idioms: hold in utter contempt
Related Words: flouting, gibing, jeering, scoffing, derision, mockery, ridicule, taunt, taunting, flout, gibe, jeer, scoff, mock

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. scorn¹ /skɔːn $ skɔːrn/ noun [uncountable]
[Date: 1100-1200; Language: Old French; Origin: escarn]

1. the feeling that someone or something is stupid or does not deserve respect Synonym : contempt
scorn for
He felt scorn for his working-class parents.
with scorn
Rachel looked at me with scorn.

2. pour scorn on somebody/something (also heap scorn on somebody/something American English) to strongly criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect:
Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. scorn² verb [transitive]

1. to show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting:
Many women scorn the use of make-up.

2. to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect:
He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

scorn
noun
ADJ. withering She reserved her most withering scorn for journalists.
VERB + SCORN feel | express | heap, pour, throw Abuse and scorn were heaped upon the new tax.
PREP. with ~ He stared with some scorn at his interviewers.
~ for She expressed her scorn for the rules.
PHRASES an object of scorn His poetry was the object of scorn.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲