Scorn (skôrn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernōn 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.
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Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak.
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And wandered backward as in scorn,
To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.
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2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.
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Every sullen frown and bitter scorn
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden.
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3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
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Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13.
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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.
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Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.
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Scorn (skôrn), v. i. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
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He said mine eyes were black and my hair black,
And, now I am remembered, scorned at me. Shak.
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