Unscramble scorn

Definition of scorn

noun:

• lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt", "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary". Synonyms: contempt, despite, disdain.
• open disrespect for a person or thing. Synonyms: contempt.

verb:

• 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". Synonyms: contemn, despise, disdain.
• reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances". Synonyms: disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, spurn, turn down.

Related words

fleer, leer, rebuff, repel, sneer, snub.

Words nearby

acorn, corn, score, shorn, sworn.

Rhymes with

adorn, born, bourn, bourne, corn, firstborn, forewarn, forlorn, horn, horne, lowborn, morn, mourn, porn, reborn, shorn, stillborn, sworn, thorn, torn.