scorn

1. 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”

   Synonymscontemndespisedisdain

   Broaderhate

   Narrowerlook down on
2. 2.

   reject with contempt

   “She spurned his advances”

   Synonymsrejectspurnfreeze offpooh-poohdisdainturn down

   Broaderrefuse

   Narrowerrebuff

Other forms of scorn

plural

scorns·

past tense

scorned·

present participle

scorning·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about scorn

What does scorn mean?

scorn means "lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scorn?

scorn has 1 syllable: scorn. In IPA it is /ˈskɔɹn/.

What is another word for scorn?

Close synonyms include contempt, disdain, despite, contempt, contemn. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scorn a common word?

scorn is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.