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- pronunciation:
- skorn
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
When you feel scorn, you feel hatred for something or someone, or you have no respect at all for this person or thing.
After the mean way Blake treated her in the past, Kylie only felt scorn for him now.- antonyms:
- admiration, honor, respect
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| related words: |
dislike |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
scorns, scorning, scorned |
| definition 1: |
When you scorn something, you think it is terrible and you have no respect for it. If you scorn another person, you hate them or think they have little value.
Melissa loves animals, and she scorns people who hurt them.Some of Diana's rich relatives scorned her husband because he came from a poor family.- synonyms:
- mock
- antonyms:
- cherish, respect, worship
- similar words:
- despise, scoff at, slight
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| definition 2: |
If you scorn something, you refuse it in a way that shows you have a very negative feeling about it.
The woman was poor, but she was very proud and scorned offers of help from other people.- similar words:
- decline, ignore, refuse, scoff at
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| related words: |
reject |
| derivations: |
scorningly (adv.), scorner (n.) |
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