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scorn in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  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"
    contemn  despise  scorn  disdain 
  2. reject with contempt
    "She spurned his advances"
    reject  spurn  freeze off  scorn  pooh-pooh  disdain  turn down 
noun
  1. open disrespect for a person or thing
    contempt  scorn 
  2. lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
    "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
    contempt  disdain  scorn  despite 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University



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