scorn
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- (uncountable) Scorn is a strong feeling, attitude, or comment that something has very low quality or low value.
- The teacher was often the object of the students' scorn.
- The idea drew scorn from the community.
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- (transitive) If you scorn something, you you show that you strongly think it has very low quality or low value.
- Synonym: criticize
- They began to consider ideas they had previously scorned.