Synonyms for scorn
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1. contempt, disdain, scorn, despite(noun)

   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, contempt, condescension, disdain, despite, disrespect

2. contempt, scorn(verb)

   open disrespect for a person or thing

   Synonyms:
   contempt, disdain, despite, disrespect

3. contemn, despise, scorn, disdain(verb)

   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, freeze off, despise, disdain

4. reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down(verb)

   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, turn away, refuse, turn down

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1. 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, shun

   Antonyms:
   admire, approve, covet, crave, desire, enjoy, esteem, esteem, like, love, relish

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1. scorn(v)

   Synonyms:
   contemn, despise, slight, disdain, disregard, sibilate, vilipend, spurn, scout

   Antonyms:
   honor, regard, esteem, venerate, respect, applaud, salute

2. scorn(n)

   Synonyms:
   mockery, disdain, contempt, sneer, slight, opprobrium

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1. scorn(v. a.)

   Synonyms:
   contemn, despise, disdain, scout, slight, hold in contempt

2. scorn(v. n.)

   Synonyms:
   disdain

3. scorn(n.)

   Synonyms:
   contempt, disdain, derision, mockery, slight, sneer

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1. List of paraphrases:

   contempt, disdain, disregard, despise, defiance, derision

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