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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scorn \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern[=o]n 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scorn \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); 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] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: scorn n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: {contempt}, {disdain}, {scorn}, {despite}] 2: open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: {contempt}, {scorn}] v 1: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" [syn: {contemn}, {despise}, {scorn}, {disdain}] 2: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {reject}, {spurn}, {freeze off}, {scorn}, {pooh-pooh}, {disdain}, {turn down}]