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 →

2) To scorn someone is to show you think they are worthless. tree →

3) To scorn something is to refuse it proudly. tree →

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 →
• The bully poured scorn on my drawing. tree →
• He scorned all offers of help. tree →
• The idea was met with scorn. tree →
• Don't scorn others for making mistakes. tree →
• The cat looked at its cheap food with scorn. tree →
• From her sisters she received nothing but scorn and mocking. tree →

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:
• Thou makest us a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
• We are become a taunt to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
• Moreover, they scorned the desirable land, they believed not His word;
• If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «scorn» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.