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The correct spelling is scorn.
How to pronounce scorn
/skɔːn/
nounIPA: /skɔːn/
Say it like: Sco-rn
The correct spelling is scorn. Contempt or disdain. For example: "He scorned her romantic advances."
Usage Examples
“He scorned her romantic advances.”
“She scorned to show weakness.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Contempt or disdain.
- 2.A display of disdain; a slight.
- 3.An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.
verb
- 1.To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
- 2.To reject, turn down.
- 3.To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
- 4.To scoff, to express contempt.
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