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Meaning of Scorn | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
skɔːn

Definitions

  1. Contempt or disdain.
  2. A display of disdain; a slight.
  3. An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.

Equivalents

Български презирам
Čeština odmítat opovrhovat pohrdání pohrdat
Français dédaigner mépriser
עברית בוז בז זלזול
Magyar lenéz
Bahasa Indonesia cerca
한국어 경멸 멸시 모시
Nederlands minachten verachten
Română disprețui refuza respinge urî
Svenska förakta gäck
தமிழ் இகழ்
Українська презирство
Tiếng Việt khinh bỉ khinh miệt

Examples

“Rain of tears, real, mist of imagined scorn”
“VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.”
“Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.”
“Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.”

CEFR level

C2
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