| NOUN | feeling | scorn, contempt, disdain, despite | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike |
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| communication | scorn, contempt | open disrespect for a person or thing | |
| VERB | emotion | scorn, contemn, despise, disdain | look down on with disdain |
| communication | scorn, reject, spurn, freeze off, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | reject with contempt |
| Sounds | skao'rn | |
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| Rhymes | acorn ... worn: 45 rhymes with aorn... | |
| Meaning | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike. | |
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| Synonyms | contempt, disdain, despite | |
| Broader | dislike | A feeling of aversion or antipathy |
| Spanish | desdén, desecho, desprecio, menosprecio, vilipendio | |
| Catalan | desdeny, menyspreança, menyspreu, vilipendi | |
| Verbs | scorn | look down on with disdain |
| Meaning | open disrespect for a person or thing. | |
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| Synonym | contempt | |
| Narrower | fleer | contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words |
| sneer, leer | A facial expression of contempt or scorn | |
| sneer | A contemptuous or scornful remark | |
| Broader | disrespect, discourtesy | An expression / expression of lack of respect |
| Spanish | desdén | |
| Catalan | menyspreu | |
| Verbs | scorn | look down on with disdain |
| Meaning | Look down on with disdain. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam cannot scorn Sue | |
| Example | "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately" | |
| Synonyms | contemn, despise, disdain | |
| Narrower | look down on | Regard with contempt |
| Broader | hate, detest | dislike intensely |
| Spanish | desdeñar, despreciar, menospreciar | |
| Catalan | desdenyar, menysprear, odiar | |
| Nouns | scorn | open disrespect for a person or thing |
| scorn | lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike | |
| scorner | a person who expresses contempt / contempt by remarks or facial expression | |
| Meaning | Reject with contempt. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | reject, spurn, freeze off, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | |
| Narrower | rebuff, snub, repel | Reject outright and bluntly |
| Broader | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
| Similar to | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept |
| reject, turn down, turn away, refuse | Refuse entrance or membership | |
| Spanish | desdeñar, desesperanzar, menospreciar, rechazar | |
| Catalan | desdenyar, desesperançar, rebutjar | |
| Nouns | scorner | a person who expresses contempt / contempt by remarks or facial expression |
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