Definition of "scorn" []

• Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy. (noun)
• The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision. (noun)
• One spoken of or treated with contempt. (noun)
• To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy. (verb-transitive)
• To reject or refuse with derision. See Synonyms at despise. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "In spite of what he called his scorn of vulgar prejudices, he felt a thrill of strange emotion as he looked on these once familiar objects."
• "Grayson is a freshman congressman who has drawn scorn from the GOP and has quickly built a nationwide following of progressives."
• "That effeminate creature in the 7-11 you scorn is suffering the consequences of other mens sins, you only lower yourself if you abuse that person because of your own false perceptions."