as in contempt
open dislike for someone or something considered unworthy of one's concern or respect
has nothing but scorn for newfangled ideas of any kind
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as in to disdain
to show contempt for
scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors
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as in to despise
to ignore in a disrespectful manner
she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway
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Recent Examples of scorn
Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
In this show, the gentle gaze of the camera shows a split-level house not as an object of aesthetic scorn, but as a thing of beauty.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
And hell hath no fury like a telekinetic teenager scorned!
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Noun
Paul Morrissey, the director of several Andy Warhol film collaborations that earned the scorn of critics and the admiration of audiences around the world, died in New York on Monday after being hospitalized with pneumonia.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
In this show, the gentle gaze of the camera shows a split-level house not as an object of aesthetic scorn, but as a thing of beauty.
—Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2024
Verb
Hell hath no fury like a librarian scorned in the book banning wars
Martin has two children, six cats and a dog.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024
And hell hath no fury like a telekinetic teenager scorned!
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorn
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Sheridan, while working for Arpaio, was found in civil contempt of court in connection with the Melendres racial profiling lawsuit.Jimmy Jenkins, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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On Tuesday, he was released from a federal prison after serving four months for contempt of Congress over his defiance of a subpoena from investigators into the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2024
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Good free-market neoliberals had historically disdained this idea, believing government attempts to meddle in the economy would have bad results.Andrew Prokop, Vox, 15 Oct. 2024
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The Bitcoin white paper, which was released in October, 2008, and the Bitcoin code, which followed shortly thereafter, have at times been disdained as clever bits of engineering pastiche.Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
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The cryptocurrency lobby has railed hard against the SEC and its chair, Gary Gensler, who has become uniquely despised by much of the crypto industry for the agency’s strict oversight.William Gavin, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Zoom out: McConnell has the unique distinction of being despised by Democrats and members of his own party — but nearly universally respected for his political skills.Hans Nichols, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
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As an intimacy grows between Cassie and Bryan, Berryman again dances with shadows of Blanche and Stanley, but with all the hatred removed, the poisons of class and time and gender drained away.Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The hatred isn’t just coming from anonymous fringe posters either.Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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Both of them ended up feeling angry and disrespected.Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
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Netizens on China's X-like social media platform Weibo accused him of disrespecting the armed forces.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Arbitration awards are only vacated in extraordinary circumstances, such as where the arbitrator was biased or manifestly disregarded relevant law, or where there was some other type of egregious misconduct, none of which appears present in the instant matter.Chris Deubert, Forbes, 19 Nov. 2024
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Justice Dallet told Thome that disregarding laws passed over the last 40 years to go back to 1849 would be undemocratic.Greg Wehner, Fox News, 12 Nov. 2024
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Also, Ross helped spread the rumor, so that causes a rift between him and Rachel, who are currently on a break from hating each other.Brian Boone, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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However, what is the one thing that investors hate?David T. Nudelman, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Scorn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorn. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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