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Meaning of scorn

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  scorn
      n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense
           dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which
           outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: {contempt},
           {disdain}, {scorn}, {despite}]
      2: open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: {contempt},
         {scorn}]
      v 1: 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" [syn: {contemn}, {despise}, {scorn},
           {disdain}]
      2: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn:
         {reject}, {spurn}, {freeze off}, {scorn}, {pooh-pooh},
         {disdain}, {turn down}]


Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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