scorn

Etymology
Verb from, , alteration of , from , from , which could be from (from ), or possibly related to  (from , ). Noun from (cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬).

Verb

 * 1)  To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
 * 2)  To reject, turn down.
 * 3)  To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
 * 4)  To scoff, to express contempt.
 * 1)  To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
 * 2)  To scoff, to express contempt.
 * 1)  To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
 * 2)  To scoff, to express contempt.
 * 1)  To scoff, to express contempt.

Usage notes

 * This is a catenative verb which takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

 * see also Thesaurus:despise

Translations

 * Arabic: اِحْتَقَرَ
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לבוז
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:, 見下す
 * Kazakh: елемеу, елемеу, елең қылмау
 * Latin: contemno
 * Maori: whakareko, tokoreko
 * Old English: ǣwan
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua: alqochay
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, относи́ться с пренебрежением
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: презирати
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: opovrhovať
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Vietnamese: ,


 * Arabic: استنكف
 * Bulgarian: оъхвърлям с презрение
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:, antaa piupaut
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: spernō, reiciō
 * Polish: wzgardzić,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: ohrdnúť, odmietnuť
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish:


 * Arabic: استخف
 * Bulgarian: присмивам се
 * Czech: ,
 * Finnish:, ylenkatsoa,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Maori: hīkaka te ihu, whakahoe
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Mandarin: ,

Noun

 * 1)  Contempt or disdain.
 * 2)  A display of disdain; a slight.
 * 3)  An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
 * 1)  An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
 * 1)  An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
 * 1)  An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.

Usage notes

 * Scorn is often used in the phrases pour scorn on and heap scorn on.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:contempt

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ylenkatse,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: שאט-נפש
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: dímheas, tarcaisne
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Korean:
 * Latin: contemptus
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Spott
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovak: opovrhnutie, pohŕdanie
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tocharian B: maṣṣāt