English-Thai Dictionary

scorn

N การเหยียดหยาม  การ ดูถูก  contempt disdain mockery sarcasm kan-yiad-yam

 

scorn

VT ดูหมิ่น  ดูถูก  disdain du-min

 

scorner

N ผู้ ดูหมิ่น  phu-du-min

 

scornful

ADJ ดูถูก  ดูหมิ่น  รังเกียจ  contemptous disdainful du-tuk

 

scornfulness

N การ ดูหมิ่น  kan-du-min

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCORN

n. 1. Extreme contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the meanness of an object, and a consciousness or belief of his own superiority or worth.
He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Esther 3:6.
Every sullen frown and bitter scorn but fann'd the fuel that too fast did burn.
2. A subject of extreme contempt, disdain or derision; that which is treated with contempt.
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. Psalm 44:13.
To think scorn, to disdain; to despise. Obs.
To laugh to scorn, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.
They laughed us to scorn. Nehemiah 2:19.

 

SCORN

v.t. 1. to hold in extreme contempt; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. Job 16:2 .
Surely he scorneth the scorner; but he giveth grace to the lowly. Proverbs 3:34.
2. to think unworth; to disdain.
Fame that delights around the world to stray, scorns not to take our Argos in her way.
3. To slight; to disregard; to neglect.
This my long suff'rance and my day of grace, those who neglect and scorn, shall never taste.

 

SCORN

v.i.To scorn at, to scoff at; to treat with contumely, derision or reproach. Obs.

 

SCORNED

pp. Extremely contemned or despised; disdained.

 

SCORNER

n. 1. One that scorns; a contemner; a despiser.
They are great scorners of death.
2. A scoffer; a derider; in Scripture, one who scoffs at religion, its ordinances and teachers, and who makes a mock of sin and the judgments and threatenings of God against sinners. Proverbs 1:22; Proverbs 19:25.

 

SCORNFUL

a. 1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.
Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns.
2. Acting in defiance or disregard.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
3. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.

 

SCORNFULLY

adv. With extreme contempt; contemptuously; insolently. The sacred rights of the christian church are scornfully trampled on in print -

 

SCORNFULNESS

n.The quality of being scornful.

 

SCORNING

ppr. Holding in great contempt; despising; disdaining.

 

SCORNING

n.The act of contemning; a treating with contempt, slight or disdain. How long will the scorners delight in their scorning? Proverbs 1:22; Psalm 123:4.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SCORN

Scorn, n. Etym: [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn,eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock. ]

 

1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which aprings from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. Scorn at first makes after love the more. Shak. And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an æon to be born. Emerson.

 

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. Dryden.

 

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Ps. xliv. 13. 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 redicule as contemptible.

 

Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery.

 

SCORN

Scorn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned; p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring. ] Etym: [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarning, escharnir. See Scorn, n.]

 

1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. Shak. This my long sufference, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. Milton. We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. C. J. Smith.

 

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer. To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak.

 

Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.

 

SCORN

SCORN Scorn, v. i.

 

Defn: To scoff; to act disdainfully. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I remembered, scorned at me. Shak.

 

SCORNER

SCORNER Scorn "er, n.

 

Defn: One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death. " Spenser. Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. Prov. iii. 34.

 

SCORNFUL

SCORNFUL Scorn "ful, a.

 

1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.

 

2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs. ] The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent. -- Scorn "ful *ly, adv. -- Scorn "ful *ness, n.

 

SCORNY

SCORNY Scorn "y, a.

 

Defn: Deserving scorn; paltry. [Obs. ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

scorn

scorn |skôrn skɔrn | ▶noun the feeling or belief that someone or something is worthless or despicable; contempt: I do not wish to become the object of scorn | [ in sing. ] : a general scorn for human life. • [ in sing. ] archaic a person viewed with such feeling: a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee. • archaic a statement or gesture indicating such feeling. ▶verb [ with obj. ] feel or express contempt or derision for: I was routinely ridiculed and scorned by conservatives and liberals alike. • reject (something ) in a contemptuous way: opponents scorned his offer to negotiate. • [ no obj., with infinitive ] refuse to do something because one is too proud: at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics. PHRASES pour (or heap ) scorn on speak with contempt or mockery of. DERIVATIVES scorn er noun ( rare )ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun ), escharnir (verb ), of Germanic origin.

 

scornful

scorn ful |ˈskôrnfəl ˈskɔrnfəl | ▶adjective feeling or expressing contempt or derision: the justices have been scornful of the government's conduct | scornful laughter. DERIVATIVES scorn ful ly adverb, scorn ful ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

scorn

scorn |skɔːn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something: I do not wish to become the object of scorn. • [ in sing. ] archaic a person viewed with contempt or disdain: a scandal and a scorn to all who look on thee. • [ count noun ] archaic a statement or gesture indicating contempt. ▶verb [ with obj. ] feel or express contempt or disdain for: the minister scorned Labour's attempt to woo voters. • reject (something ) in a contemptuous way: a letter scorning his offer of intimacy. • [ no obj., with infinitive ] refuse to do something because one is too proud: at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics. PHRASES pour scorn on speak with contempt or mockery of. DERIVATIVES scorner noun ( rare )ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French escarn (noun ), escharnir (verb ), of Germanic origin.

 

scornful

scorn |ful |ˈskɔːnfʊl, -f (ə )l | ▶adjective feeling or expressing contempt or derision: the opposition were scornful of the Prime Minister's proposal | scornful laughter. DERIVATIVES scornfully adverb, scornfulness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

scorn

scorn noun he was unable to hide the scorn in his voice: contempt, derision, contemptuousness, disdain, derisiveness, mockery, sneering. ANTONYMS admiration, respect. ▶verb 1 critics scorned the painting: deride, hold in contempt, treat with contempt, pour /heap scorn on, look down on, look down one's nose at, disdain, curl one's lip at, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, laugh at, laugh out of court; disparage, slight; dismiss, thumb one's nose at; informal turn one's nose up at. ANTONYMS admire, respect. 2 “I am a woman scorned, ” she thought: spurn, rebuff, reject, ignore, shun, snub. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See despise . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

scornful

scornful adjective his scornful remarks: contemptuous, derisive, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, supercilious, disdainful, superior; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS admiring, respectful.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

scorn

scorn noun he was unable to hide the scorn in his voice: contempt, derision, contemptuousness, disdain, derisiveness, scornfulness, mockery, sneering, scoffing; archaic contumely, despite. ANTONYMS admiration, respect. PHRASES pour scorn on he pours scorn on the idea that any such thing could really exist: disparage, denigrate, run down, deprecate, depreciate, downgrade, play down, belittle, trivialize, minimize, make light of, treat lightly, undervalue, underrate, underestimate; scoff at, sneer at, laugh at, laugh off, mock, ridicule, deride, dismiss, scorn, cast aspersions on, discredit; N. Amer. slur; informal do down, do a hatchet job on, take to pieces, pull apart, pick holes in, drag through the mud, have a go at, hit out at, knock, slam, pan, bash, bad-mouth, pooh-pooh, look down one's nose at; Brit. informal rubbish, slate, slag off; archaic hold cheap; rare asperse, derogate, misprize, minify. ▶verb 1 critics scorned the painting, but it was very popular with those who attended the exhibition | his father was a man who scorned tradition: deride, be contemptuous about, hold in contempt, treat with contempt, pour /heap scorn on, be scornful about, look down on, look down one's nose at, disdain, curl one's lip at, mock, scoff at, sneer at, sniff at, jeer at, laugh at, laugh out of court; disparage, slight; dismiss, cock a snook at, spit in the eye /face of, spit on, thumb one's nose at; informal turn one's nose up at, blow raspberries at; N. Amer. informal give the Bronx cheer to; Brit. vulgar slang piss on /over; archaic contemn; rare misprize, scout. ANTONYMS admire, respect. 2 ‘I am a woman scorned, ’ she thought: spurn, rebuff, reject, ignore, shun, snub. 3 even at her lowest ebb, she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics: refuse to, refrain from, not lower oneself to; be above, consider it beneath one.

 

scornful

scornful adjective Isabel ignored his scornful remarks: contemptuous, full of contempt, derisive, derisory, withering, mocking, scoffing, sneering, jeering, scathing, snide, disparaging, slighting, supercilious, disdainful, superior, dismissive; informal sniffy, snotty; archaic contumelious. ANTONYMS admiring, respectful.

 

scornfully

scornfully adverb ‘How would she know? ’ said Anne scornfully: contemptuously, with contempt, derisively, witheringly, mockingly, with a sneer, scathingly, snidely, disparagingly, superciliously, disdainfully, dismissively; informal sniffily, snottily. ANTONYMS admiringly, respectfully.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

scorn

scorn /skɔː r n /名詞 U 1 «…に対する » 軽蔑 （けいべつ ）, さげすみ (contempt ) «for » ▸ show scorn for his bad manners 彼の行儀の悪さを軽蔑する ▸ with scorn さげすんで .2 〖the ～〗 «… (から )の » 軽蔑の的 «of » ▸ the scorn of one's classmates 級友からの軽蔑の的 .p ò ur [h è ap ] sc ó rn on A A 〈人 考え 〉をばかにする, こきおろす .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 考えなど 〉を軽蔑 （けいべつ ）する , ばかにする (→despise 類義 )▸ People scorned Tom as a liar .みんなトムをうそつきだと軽蔑した .2 ｟かたく ｠〈忠告 申し出 〉を (軽蔑して )拒絶する ; 〖～ to do 〗…することをふさわしくないと思う ▸ Ann scorned the proposal .アンはその申し入れを受け入れることを拒んだ .

 

scornful

scorn ful /skɔ́ː r nf (ə )l /形容詞 more ～; most ～【人 事を 】軽蔑 （けいべつ ）して , さげすむような «of » ▸ a scornful laugh さげすむような笑い ▸ They were scornful of my suggestion .彼らは私の提案をあざ笑った .～ly 副詞 軽蔑したように, あざけるように .～ness 名詞