— scorner , n. — scorningly , adv.
/skawrn/ , n.
1. open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
2. an object of derision or contempt.
3. a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.
4. laugh to scorn , to ridicule; deride: Her good advice was laughed to scorn.
v.t.
5. to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar.
6. to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help.
v.i.
7. to mock; jeer.
[ 1150-1200; (n.) ME scorn, scarn escarn schern mockery, trickery); (v.) ME skarnen, sc ( h ) ornen escharnir, eschernir ]
Syn. 1. contumely. See contempt. 5. disdain, contemn, despise, detest.
Ant. 3. praise.