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scorn

The correct spelling is scorn.

How to pronounce scorn

/skɔːn/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.Contempt or disdain.
  2. 2.A display of disdain; a slight.
  3. 3.An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.

verb

  1. 1.To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
  2. 2.To reject, turn down.
  3. 3.To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
  4. 4.To scoff, to express contempt.

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