英语词汇“scorn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

scorn

释义

vigorous contempt; disdain

an open expression of extreme contempt

He poured scorn on the whole affair

an object of extreme disdain or derision

laugh to scorn

archaic or literary to jeer at (something or somebody) or hold them in contempt

Laugh to scorn the power of man, for none of woman born shall harm Macbeth — Shakespeare

scornful adj

scornfully adv

scornfulness noun

[Middle English from early French escarn contempt, of Germanic origin]

to treat (something or somebody) with outspoken or angry contempt

Heaven has no rage, like love to hatred turned, nor Hell a fury, like a woman scorned — Congreve

to refuse or reject (something) out of contempt

Teachers are now scorning the old methods

scorner noun

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