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Another word for scorn

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Noun

  1. The feeling of despising

    See also:

    respect

Verb

  1. To regard with utter contempt and disdain

    Idioms:
    See also:

    respect

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Another word for scorn

Verb

  1. To treat with scorn

    See also:

    hate

    despise

  2. To refuse as a matter of principle

    See also:

    refute

    refuse

    confute

    Antonyms:
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Sentence Examples

  • This scorn was not offensive to his master.

  • His tactics would never earn anything but scorn from Kris, but they worked.

  • The good knight is bound to endless fantastic courtesies towards men and still more towards women of a certain rank; he may treat all below that rank with any decree of scorn and cruelty.

  • "Of course not," added Jim, with a touch of scorn; "those little wooden legs of yours are not half as long as my own."

  • The word is of Armenian formation and signifies a son of Paulik or of little Paul; the termination -ik must here have originally expressed scorn and contempt.

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