n. 25B6; noun he was unable to hide the scorn in his voice : CONTEMPT, derision, contemptuousness, disdain, derisiveness, mockery, sneering; archaic contumely, despite.
admiration, respect.
25B6; verb
critics scorned the painting : DERIDE, hold in contempt, treat with contempt, pour/heap scorn on, look down on, look down one's nose at, disdain, curl one's lip at, mock, scoff at, sneer at, jeer at, laugh at, laugh out of court; disparage, slight; dismiss, cock a snook at, spit in the eye/face of, thumb one's nose at; informal turn one's nose up at; archaic contemn.
I am a woman scorned, she thought : SPURN, rebuff, reject, ignore, shun, snub.
she would have scorned to stoop to such tactics : REFUSE TO, refrain from, not lower oneself to; be above, consider it beneath one.
admire, respect.