Meaning of Scorn | Babel Free
skɔːnDefinitions
Equivalents
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
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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