scorn
Contempt or disdainContempt or disdain.
» They scorned our attempts at reconciliation.
Sie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung. — Jens_Odo
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3 senses(uncountable)Contempt or disdain.
Verachtung
презре́ниеprezrénije
(countable)A display of disdain; a slight.
(countable)An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
- open disrespect for a person or thing
- lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike
Examples
28 sentencesThey scorned our attempts at reconciliation.
deSie verschmähten unsere Versuche zur Versöhnung. — Jens_Odo
Layla felt like a scorned woman.
A woman scorned can be extremely dangerous.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
ruМолчание — наиболее совершенное выражение презрения. — afyodor
He was the scorn of the other boys.
ruОстальные мальчишки над ним насмехались. — Hellerick
Translations
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Origin
Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from VulgaVerb 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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plural: scornsSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable