Word Definition

Scorn

  1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
  2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
  3. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
  4. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
  5. An act or expression of extreme contempt.
  6. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.