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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | contempt |
| Type of | disrespect, discourtesy |
| Has types | fleer, sneer, leer |
Examples of scorn
scorn
Gomer has worked in places where people scorn, even shoot at, the American flag.
From the thenewstribune.com
Mr. Goldman deserves gratitude, not scorn, for his consumer-friendly innovation.
From the nytimes.com
He also promised cost-cutting measures and poured scorn on Internet-only rivals.
From the economist.com
Can't really scorn them for taking issue with an issue from inside their states.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Watch supporters of European Union wilt at 20 paces under fire from Dacre scorn.
From the guardian.co.uk
They deserve our attention and even encouragement, not doubt, scorn or jealousy.
From the time.com
From the start, they were objects of Roman fascination, scorn and religious awe.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The answer is yes if you measure the scorn heaped upon oversharing mom bloggers.
From the healthland.time.com
For decades, Ellison had nothing but scorn for tech companies that bought growth.
From the businessweek.com
- Contemn: 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"
- Contempt: 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: open disrespect for a person or thing
- Reject: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
- (scorned) despised: treated with contempt
- (scornful) contemptuous: expressing extreme contempt
- Scorn is a feeling of contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- Scorn is an English electronic music project. The group was formed in the early 1990s as a side project of former Napalm Death members Mick Harris and Nic Bullen (the latter as one of the founding members of the band in 1981). ...
- Scorn is a fictional character in the DC comics universe. He first appeared in Superman #122 in 1997 and for a time was a regular supporting character in the Superman line of comics.
