C1verb · transitive · rare

scorn

scorn · scorns · scorned · scorning

передражнювати, передражнити

презирать, относиться с пренебрежением, отвергать, насмехаться

verachten, verschmähen, verspotten

To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebodyTo feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

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UK/skɔːn/US/skɔɹn/

» They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.

Sie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
verachten
презира́тьprezirátʹ, относи́ться с пренебрежениемotnosítʹsja s prenebreženijem
reject with contempt
(transitive)To reject, turn down with disdain.
He scorned her romantic advances.
verschmähen
отвергатьotvergatʹ
look down on with disdain
(transitive)To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
She scorned to show weakness.
(intransitive)To scoff, to express contempt.
verspotten
насмехатьсяnasmexatʹsja, глумитьсяglumitʹsja

Examples

28 sentences

They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.
deSie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung.
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Layla felt like a scorned woman.
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A woman scorned can be extremely dangerous.
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
ruМолчание — наиболее совершенное выражение презрения.
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He was the scorn of the other boys.
ruОстальные мальчишки над ним насмехались.
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Translations

7 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody:

to reject, turn down:

to scoff or express contempt:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody:

to reject, turn down:

to scoff or express contempt:

Origin

Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulga

Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-West Germanic *skarnijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno). Cognate with Middle High German schern (“joke, mockery, scorn”), Old English sċierniċġe (“female entertainer, juggler, actress”).

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