scorn
Pronunciation:
/skɔːn//skɔɹn/noun
Definitions
Contempt or disdain.
A display of disdain; a slight.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
verb
Definitions
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To reject, turn down.
Example: He scorned her romantic advances.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
Example: She scorned to show weakness.
To scoff, to express contempt.