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Synonyms for Scorn
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
scorn
Abhor is stronger than despise, implying a shuddering recoil, especially a moral recoil. "How many shun evil as inconvenient who do not abhor it as hateful."
Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey xxvi, 297. [Murray's "New English Dictionary"] Detest expresses indignation, with something of contempt. Loathe implies disgust, physical or moral. We abhor a traitor, despise a coward, detest a liar. We dislike an uncivil person. We abhor cruelty, hate tyranny. We loathe a reptile or a flatterer. We abhor Milton's heroic Satan, but we can not despise him.Synonyms:
abhor, abominate, despise, detest, dislike, hate, loathe, nauseate, shunAntonyms:
admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish
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contempt, disdain, scorn, despitenoun
lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
"he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
Synonyms:
patronage, scorn, contempt, condescension, disdain, despite, disrespectcontempt, scornverb
open disrespect for a person or thing
Synonyms:
scorn, contempt, disdain, despite, disrespectcontemn, despise, scorn, disdainverb
look down on with disdain
"He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
Synonyms:
contemn, spurn, reject, pooh-pooh, turn down, scorn, freeze off, despise, disdainreject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn downverb
reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"
Synonyms:
freeze off, eliminate, rule out, lower, resist, despise, winnow out, contemn, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, turn away, refuse, turn down
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1104 | lower | |
#2813 | despite | |
#3527 | hate | |
#5615 | decline | |
#5808 | eliminate | |
#7367 | refuse | |
#7516 | slight | |
#8574 | reject | |
#8744 | scout | |
#9957 | resist | |
#17209 | contempt | |
#17397 | dislike | |
#18414 | disregard | |
#20514 | defiance | |
#26436 | patronage | |
#31276 | despise | |
#31524 | shun | |
#31947 | disapprove | |
#34727 | scorn | |
#36196 | disrespect | |
#37610 | disdain | |
#40443 | mockery | |
#49384 | loathe | |
#66483 | sneer | |
#66496 | derision | |
#69016 | detest | |
#73795 | abhor | |
#84637 | condescension | |
#113548 | spurn | |
#166114 | opprobrium | |
#203490 | lour |
How to use Scorn in a sentence?
And I’ve got this guy standing over there looking at me, talking about New York values with scorn in Donald Trump face, with hatred, hatred of New York.
Let none with scorn a suppliant meet, Or from the door untended spurn A dog; an outcast kindly treat; And so thou shalt be blest in turn.
Trump wears the scorn of Jeb Bush like a medal.
For a significant manwoman, the one thought he values greatly, to the laughter and scorn of insignificant men, is a key to hidden treasure chambers; for those others, it is nothing but a piece of old iron.
Whenever the left wants to lampoon someone on the right President Trump always play the gay card. This is exactly what they think of gay people - that our lives and our relationships are jokes. Something deserving of ridicule and scorn, most middle school children behave better than this.
Translations for Scorn
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- سخريةArabic
- opovržení, opovrhovat, pohrdatCzech
- Verachtung, verachten, verspotten, verschmähenGerman
- περιφρονώ, κοροϊδεύω, περιφρόνησηGreek
- menospreciar, despreciar, rechazar, desprecio, desdén, desdeñarSpanish
- torjua, halveksua, halveksiaFinnish
- dédain, mépriser, mépris, dédaignerFrench
- לבוז, שאט-נפשHebrew
- disprezzo, disdegnare, disprezzareItalian
- 軽蔑Japanese
- 경멸Korean
- whakarekoMāori
- minachten, verachten, verachting, minachtingDutch
- foraktNorwegian
- lekceważenie, odrzucić, drwić, lekceważyć, pogarda, wzgardzić, gardzić, szydzićPolish
- desprezo, desdenhar, escárnio, menosprezar, desprezar, desdémPortuguese
- alqochayQuechua
- refuza, dispreț, disprețui, urî, respingeRomanian
- презирать, презрение, насмехаться, относиться с пренебрежением, глумитьсяRussian
- förakt, förakta, hånSwedish
- خوفناکUrdu
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