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scorn1 nounscorn2 verb scornscorn1 /skɔːn $ skɔːrn/ noun [uncountable]   scorn1Origin: 1100-1200 Old French escarn - But remember my scorn for the so-called airtight argument!
- But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
- I vacillated between the false potency of scorn and feelings of ineptitude.
- Rosie said with that upper lip twisting in scorn.
- Who stare at us with incredulous scorn.
- Wrong to fear fitzAlan's impatience or scorn.
VERB► heap· She heaped her scorn on what became his tentatively offered ideas.· Daily newspapers heaped scorn on the Sierra Club for considering the anti-immigration measure.· On the way back my sisters sat in the front with me, heaping scorn on mere pedestrians. ► pour· But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.· It was on the tip of her tongue to pour scorn and disbelief on the idea of Guy liking ballet.· His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.· It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.· So many hon. Members have poured scorn, but what makes a political society work? ► pour scorn on somebody/something- But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
- His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.
- It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.
- Iraqi Radio poured scorn on the concept of "a new world order."
- But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
- His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.
- It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.
1the feeling that someone or something is stupid or does not deserve respect SYN contemptscorn for He felt scorn for his working-class parents.with scorn Rachel looked at me with scorn.2pour scorn on somebody/something (also heap scorn on somebody/something American English) to strongly criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect: Labour poured scorn on the Tory claim to be the party of law and order.scorn1 nounscorn2 verb scornscorn2 verb [transitive] VERB TABLEscorn |
| Present | I, you, we, they | scorn | | he, she, it | scorns | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scorned | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scorned | | he, she, it | has scorned | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scorned | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scorn | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scorned |
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| Present | I | am scorning | | he, she, it | is scorning | | you, we, they | are scorning | | Past | I, he, she, it | was scorning | | you, we, they | were scorning | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scorning | | he, she, it | has been scorning | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scorning | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scorning | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scorning |
- Many young people scorn polite behaviour as insincere.
- My kids used to scorn my politics as right-wing selfishness.
- Skinner's ideas were scorned by many American psychologists.
- Admired by the young and scorned by the old.
- As they undressed and put their worn-out shoes beneath their beds, they again scorned the efforts of the soldier.
- Hell hath no fury like a user scorned.
- It is too valuable a document of human heartbreak and muddle to be scorned or dismissed.
- Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart.
- Marry as I order you or I brand you as wanton for everyone to scorn.
- The limits of convention were hers to scorn.
- Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces.
to reject ideas, beliefs, or ways of living► reject to reject ideas, beliefs, or ways of living, especially when you used to accept them in the past: · As an adult, she rejected her Catholic upbringing.· Vegetarians reject the idea that you must eat meat to get all the nutrients you need.· Feminists rejected traditional notions of the role of women in society. ► turn your back on to completely change your former beliefs and way of life, especially because you now think that they were wrong: · I had a sense of relief as I turned my back on the disasters of my first marriage.· Some journalists accused him of turning his back on a lot of the party's major principles. ► scorn to reject ideas, values, or behaviour because you think they are stupid, wrong, or old-fashioned: · My kids used to scorn my politics as right-wing selfishness.scorn something as something: · Many young people scorn polite behaviour as insincere. ► drop out to refuse to live the way that other people usually live in your society, for example by not working in a job or living in an ordinary house: · While kids in the affluent sixties could afford to drop out, things were very different ten years later.· A group of young people dropped out and set up a commune in the middle of the forest. ► pour scorn on somebody/something- Iraqi Radio poured scorn on the concept of "a new world order."
- But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
- His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.
- It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.
1to show that you think that something is stupid, unreasonable, or not worth accepting: Many women scorn the use of make-up.2to criticize someone or something because you think they do not deserve respect: He scorned the government’s record in dealing with crime. |