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noun. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy.

noun. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision.

noun. The state of being despised or dishonored.

noun. One spoken of or treated with contempt.

transitive verb. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy.

transitive verb. To reject or refuse with derision: synonym: despise.

transitive verb. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity.

noun. Mockery; derision; contempt; disdain.

noun. The expression of mockery, derision, contempt, or disdain; a scoff; a slight.

noun. An object, of derision, contempt, or disdain; a thing to be or that is treated with contempt; a reproach or disgrace.

To hold in scorn or contempt; disdain; despise: as, to scorn a hypocrite; to scorn all meanness.

To bring to scorn; treat with scorn or contempt; make a mock of; deride.

To bring into insignificance or into contempt.

Synonyms Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn, scorn, and disdain less often apply to persons. In this they differ from the corresponding nouns and from despise, which apply with equal freedom to persons and things. Contemn is the generic term, expressing the fact; it is not so strong as contempt. To despise is to look down upon with strong contempt from a superior position of some sort. To scorn is to have an extreme and passionate contempt for. To disdain is to have a high-minded abhorrence of, or a proud and haughty contempt of. See arrogance.

To feel scorn or contempt.

To point with scorn; scoff; jeer: generally with at.

intransitive verb. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

noun. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

noun. An act or expression of extreme contempt.

noun. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

noun. to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain.

noun. to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.

transitive verb. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

transitive verb. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

verb. To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

verb. To scoff, express contempt

verb. To reject, turn down

noun. Contempt or disdain.

noun. A display of disdain; A slight.

verb. look down on with disdain

verb. reject with contempt

noun. open disrespect for a person or thing

noun. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike

"In spite of what he called his scorn of vulgar prejudices, he felt a thrill of strange emotion as he looked on these once familiar objects."

contempt  think scorn  to laugh to scorn  to think scorn of  

scornful  

dislike  

Born  Horn  Horne  Lorne  Thorn  

astonishment  bitterness  contempt  defiance  derision  

abhor  airs  arrogance  be above  be contemptuous of  

scorned  scornefully  scornes  scornfulness  scorning