scorn
noun
[ skɔːn ]
• a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something.
• "I do not wish to become the object of scorn"
Similar:
contempt,
derision,
contemptuousness,
disdain,
derisiveness,
scornfulness,
mockery,
sneering,
scoffing,
contumely,
despite,
scorn
verb
• feel or express contempt or disdain for.
• "he tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself"
Similar:
deride,
be contemptuous about,
hold in contempt,
treat with contempt,
pour/heap scorn on,
be scornful about,
look down on,
look down one's nose at,
disdain,
curl one's lip at,
mock,
scoff at,
sneer at,
sniff at,
jeer at,
laugh at,
laugh out of court,
disparage,
slight,
dismiss,
cock a snook at,
spit in the eye/face of,
spit on,
thumb one's nose at,
turn one's nose up at,
blow raspberries at,
give the Bronx cheer to,
contemn,
misprize,
scout,
piss on/over,
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.
