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 ridicule as
contemptible.
Syn. -- Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight;
dishonor; mockery.
Scorn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned (skôrnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
[OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn,
n.] 1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to
despise; to contemn; to disdain.