Definition of "scorn" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

2. (transitive) To reject, turn down.

   • He scorned her romantic advances.

3. (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.

   • She scorned to show weakness.

4. (intransitive) To scoff, to express contempt.

noun

1. (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.

2. (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.

3. (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.