SCORN
What does "SCORN" mean?
Open contempt or disdain for someone or something seen as worthless.
Meanings
- A feeling that someone or something is beneath consideration or deserving of contempt. She poured scorn on the half-baked proposal.
- To treat with contempt; to reject as unworthy. He scorned the easy path and took the hard one.
Word origin
From Old French 'escarn' ('mockery, derision'), of Germanic origin; the initial 'e' was lost as the word passed into Middle English as 'scorn'.
Remember it
SCORN ends in a thorn-like 'orn' - scorn is the thorn you throw with words.
A little poem
She met their scorn with silence,
and silence, it turned out,
outlasted every sneer.
tercet
What it teaches
Scorn flatters the scornful and rarely touches its target; aim higher than contempt.
Quick facts
What does SCORN mean?
Open contempt or disdain for someone or something seen as worthless.
Is SCORN a valid word?
Yes — SCORN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SCORN?
SCORN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SCORN come from?
From Old French 'escarn' ('mockery, derision'), of Germanic origin; the initial 'e' was lost as the word passed into Middle English as 'scorn'.
What can SCORN teach us?
Scorn flatters the scornful and rarely touches its target; aim higher than contempt.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.