scorn

n. [ OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernōn to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock. ] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And wandered backward as in scorn,
To wait an aeon to be born. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every sullen frown and bitter scorn
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. “He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6. --
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scorned p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ] [ OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n. ] 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. [ 1913 Webster ]

I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

He said mine eyes were black and my hair black,
And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. “Great scorners of death.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]