n. 1 contumely, contempt, contemptuousness, disdain, deprecation; rejection, dismissal He treated their demands with the utmost scorn 2 mockery, derision, derisiveness, sneering, ridicule, scoffing, jeering, taunting The crowd's scorn was directed at the politicians who failed to deliver what they had promised
v. 3 reject, rebuff, disown, disavow, disregard, ignore, shun, snub, flout, contemn, treat with or hold in contempt, have no use for, disdain, spurn, despise, turn up one's nose at, curl one's lip at, look down on or upon, look down one's nose at, thumb one's nose at, Colloq pooh-pooh, put down, Brit cock a snook at His parents offered to finance his education, but he scorned their help 4 mock (at), deride, sneer at, ridicule, scoff at, jeer at, taunt, poke fun at, make fun of, laugh at People scorned him because he said the earth was round