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(1):

(n.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

(2):

(v. i.) To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

(3):

(n.) Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

(4):

(n.) An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

(5):

(n.) To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

(6):

(n.) An act or expression of extreme contempt.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Scorn'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/scorn.html. 1828.
 
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