2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to
mock; to scoff at; to deride.
His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and
scorned him full fast.
Chaucer.
To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously.
Shak.
Syn. -- To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.
Scorn (skôrn), v. i. To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or
reproach; to act disdainfully.
He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I am
remembered, scorned at me.
Shak.
Scorn"er (?), n. One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically,
a scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser.
Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the
lowly.
Prov. iii. 34.
Scorn"ful (?), a. 1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous;
disdainful.
Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.
Prior.
Dart not scornful glances from those eyes.
Shak.