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scorn
English
Etymology
Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-Germanic *skarnjan, which could be from *skeran? (“to shear”), or possibly related to *skarn? (“dung, filth”). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /sk??n/
- (US) IPA(key): /sk??n/
- Rhymes: -??(r)n
Verb
scorn (third-person singular simple present scorns, present participle scorning, simple past and past participle scorned)
- (transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- 1871, C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.
- 1871, C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated
- (transitive) To reject, turn down.
- (transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
- (intransitive) To scoff, to express contempt.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb which takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
- (to feel contempt): see also Thesaurus:despise
- (to scoff): deride, mock, ridicule, scoff, sneer
Translations
Noun
scorn (countable and uncountable, plural scorns)
- (uncountable) Contempt or disdain.
- (countable) A display of disdain; a slight.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover
- Every sullen frown and bitter scorn / But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.
- 1685, John Dryden, The Despairing Lover
- (countable) An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
- Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
Usage notes
- Scorn is often used in the phrases pour scorn on and heap scorn on.
Quotations
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:contempt
Derived terms
- scornful
Translations
References
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, ?ISBN
Anagrams
- Crons, corns
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disrepute
English
Etymology
dis- +? repute
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d?s???pju?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Noun
disrepute (uncountable)
- Loss or want of reputation; ill character.
- Synonyms: disesteem, discredit
- 1815, Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering
- The belief in astrology was almost universal in the middle of the seventeenth century; it began to waver and become doubtful towards the close of that period, and in the beginning of the eighteenth the art fell into general disrepute, and even under general ridicule.
Usage notes
Often used in the construction be in disrepute, bring someone (or something) into disrepute or fall into disrepute.
Translations
Verb
disrepute (third-person singular simple present disreputes, present participle disreputing, simple past and past participle disreputed)
- To bring into disrepute; to hold in dishonor.
Translations
Anagrams
- redispute, superdiet, supertide
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