scorn
/skɔːn//skɔɹn/
🔵 Intermediate
Word Statistics
Difficulty LevelIntermediate
Standard vocabulary
Word FrequencyVery Common
Used frequently in everyday conversation
Syllables1
Simple pronunciation
Analysis:
- • Common vocabulary word
- • Simple pronunciation
noun
1. Contempt or disdain.
2. A display of disdain; a slight.
3. An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
verb
1. To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
2. To reject, turn down.
"He scorned her romantic advances."
3. To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
"She scorned to show weakness."
4. To scoff, to express contempt.
Synonyms
Source: en.wiktionary.org
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