Noun scorn has 2 senses
  1. contempt, disdain, scorn, despite - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
    --1 is a kind of dislike
    Derived form: verb scorn1
  2. contempt, scorn - open disrespect for a person or thing
    --2 is a kind of disrespect, discourtesy
    --2 has particulars: sneer, leer; sneer
    Derived form: verb scorn1
,Verb scorn has 2 senses
  1. contemn, despise, scorn, disdain - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
    --1 is one way to hate, detest
    Derived forms: noun scorn2, noun scorn1, noun scorner1
    Sample sentence:
    Sam cannot scorn Sue
  2. reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
    --2 is one way to refuse, decline
    Derived form: noun scorner1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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