SCORN


Meaning of SCORN in English

[noun] [U] - a very great lack of respect for someone or something that you think is bad or worthlessShe feels/has nothing but scorn for people who condemn lying but tell lies themselves.His stupid suggestion filled her with scorn.Why do you always pour/heap scorn on (= criticize severely and unfairly) my suggestions?If you are the scorn of other people, you are treated with scorn by them.After cheating in the test, he was the scorn of all his classmates.

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.