transcription, транскрипция: [ skɔ:(r)n ]
( scorns, scorning, scorned)
1.
If you treat someone or something with scorn , you show contempt for them.
Researchers greeted the proposal with scorn...
= contempt
N-UNCOUNT : oft with N , N for n
2.
If you scorn someone or something, you feel or show contempt for them.
Several leading officers have quite openly scorned the peace talks...
VERB : V n
3.
If you scorn something, you refuse to have it or accept it because you think it is not good enough or suitable for you.
...people who scorned traditional methods.
VERB : V n
4.
If you pour scorn on someone or something or heap scorn on them, you say that you think they are stupid and worthless.
It is fashionable these days to pour scorn on those in public life...
He used to heap scorn on Dr Vazquez’s socialist ideas.
= deride
PHRASE : V inflects