scorning

VERB

hold in contempt; look down on

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abhor defy deride despise disdain disregard flout hate ignore mock refute reject repudiate ridicule shun spurn taunt

STRONG

avoid confute contemn gibe refuse renounce slight sneer trash

WEAK

be above consider beneath one make fun of put down run down scoff at turn back on turn nose up at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accept admire approve cherish compliment esteem flatter like love note pay attention praise ratify regard respect sanction

STRONG

allow

Example Sentences

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On the contrary, he mistrusts them, scorning even the praise heaped upon him.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

Onstage, Carmen was passionately scorning her erstwhile lover.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2024

By scorning this routine digital probing, they attenuate their safety and intensify their exhilaration in roughly equal measure.

From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022

He spent a lifetime scorning bigotry as not only immoral but irrational and un-American.

From Slate • Feb. 16, 2022

Now they had all seen—everyone in the shop—and no doubt were scorning him for a poor sort of creature, cringing and puny, unable to defend himself.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw