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scorn
Verb
  • ∙ To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. transitive
  • ∙ To scoff, express contempt. intransitive
  • ∙ To reject, turn down transitive
  • ∙ To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself. transitive
Noun
  • ∙ Contempt or disdain. uncountable
  • ∙ A display of disdain; a slight. countable
  • ∙ An object of disdain, contempt, or derision. countable