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noun (uncountable)
- Contempt or disdain towards a despicable or unworthy person
Translations: - Dutch: minachting , verachting
- French: mépris , dédain
- German: Verachtung
- Italian: disprezzo
- Spanish: desprecio , despreciar, desdén , desdeí±ar
(trans-bottom)
verb
- To feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- To scoff, express contempt
- To reject, turn down
- She scorned his romantic advances.
Translations: - Dutch: minachten, verachten
- French: mépriser
(trans-mid)
- German: verschmí¤hen
(trans-mid)
Etymology: Alteration of escarn (cognate with Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno).
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