scorn

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

scorn [scorn scorns scorned scorning] noun, verb BrE [skɔːn] NAmE [skɔːrn]
noun uncountable
a strong feeling that sb/sth is stupid or not good enough, usually shown by the way you speak
Syn: ↑contempt
•Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.
•She was unable to hide the scorn in her voice.
•~ for sb/sth They had nothing but scorn for his political views.

Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.

Example Bank:
•He didn't try to hide his scorn for our way of doing things.
•He has suffered public scorn and humiliation.
•He reserved particular scorn for the director.
•He stared with scorn at his interviewers.
•His poetry was the object of scorn.
•She expressed her scorn for the rules.
•She reserved her most withering scorn for journalists.
•What have I done to deserve such scorn?
•Her fellow teachers greeted her proposal with scorn.
•Opposition politicians poured scorn on the proposals.
•Young people may risk the scorn of their peers if they join such a club.
Idiom: ↑pour scorn on somebody
 
verb
1. ~ sb/sth to feel or show that you think sb/sth is stupid and you do not respect them or it
Syn: ↑dismiss
•She scorned their views as old-fashioned.
•Such methods are scorned by reputable practitioners.
•His brother had always scorned him.
2. (formal)to refuse to have or do sth because you are too proud
•~ sth to scorn an invitation
•~ to do sth She would have scorned to stoop to such tactics.
see hell hath no fury (like a woman scorned) at ↑hell
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun), escharnir (verb), of Germanic origin.
 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  contempt, disdain, despite, reject, spurn, freeze off, pooh-pooh, turn down, contemn, despise