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# scorn

«scorn» in Mova's school dictionary: **a strong feeling that someone or something is worthless…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (scorn — uncountable); verb (scorn, scorns, scorned, scorning)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Scorn is a strong feeling that someone or something is worthless or stupid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#m1)

2) To scorn someone is to show you think they are worthless. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#m2)

3) To scorn something is to refuse it proudly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

A literary word in stories: villains look at heroes with scorn; a character scorns help. Phrases: «pour scorn on», «with scorn», «an object of scorn».

### examples

- She looked at the mess with scorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x1)
- The bully poured scorn on my drawing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x2)
- He scorned all offers of help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x3)
- The idea was met with scorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x4)
- Don't scorn others for making mistakes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x5)
- The cat looked at its cheap food with scorn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x6)
- From her sisters she received nothing but scorn and mocking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/#x7)

### note

Adjective: scornful; adverb: scornfully. Literary; everyday words: «look down on», «sneer at».

### In the corpora

- [All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.315/)
- [Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.724/)
- [We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1404/)
- [Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1930/)
- [If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.89/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «scorn» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/scorn/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.