n. [ OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skernōn to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock. ] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. [ 1913 Webster ] Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] And wandered backward as in scorn,
To wait an aeon to be born. Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. [ 1913 Webster ] Every sullen frown and bitter scorn
But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. [ 1913 Webster ] Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. “He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.” Esther iii. 6. --
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. [ 1913 Webster ] | 
