Scorn

skorn, n. disdain caused by a mean opinion of anything: extreme contempt: object of contempt.— v.t. to hold in extreme contempt: to disdain: to make a mock of.— v.i. to scoff: to jeer.— n. Scor′ner , one who scorns: ( B. ) one who scoffs at religion: a scoffer.— adj. Scorn′ful , full of scorn: contemptuous: disdainful.— adv. Scorn′fully .— ns. Scorn′fulne ; Scor′ning .— Laugh to scorn ( B. ), to deride; Think scorn , to disdain or despise. [O. Fr. escarn , mockery—Old High Ger. skern , mockery.]