scorn

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• Received-Pronunciation: /skɔːn/
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• General-American: /skɔɹn/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)n
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• CMU ARPABET: S K AO1 R N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-West Germanic *skarnijan, possibly from Proto-Germanic *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno). Cognate with Middle High German schern (“joke, mockery, scorn”), Old English sċierniċġe (“female entertainer, juggler, actress”).

139 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: презрение (prezrenie) — contempt, disdain
• Catalan: menyspreu — contempt, disdain
• Catalan: desdeny — contempt, disdain
• Chinese Mandarin: 輕蔑 /轻蔑 (qīngmiè) — contempt, disdain
• Czech: opovržení — contempt, disdain
• Dutch: minachting — contempt, disdain
• Dutch: verachting — contempt, disdain
• Esperanto: malestimo — contempt, disdain
• Finnish: ylenkatse — contempt, disdain
• Finnish: pilkka — contempt, disdain
• French: mépris — contempt, disdain
• French: dédain — contempt, disdain
• German: Verachtung — contempt, disdain
• Greek: περιφρόνηση (perifrónisi) — contempt, disdain
• Hebrew: שאט־נפש (sh'át-néfesh) — contempt, disdain
• Hungarian: megvetés — contempt, disdain
• Irish: dímheas — contempt, disdain
• Irish: tarcaisne — contempt, disdain
• Italian: disprezzo — contempt, disdain
• Japanese: 軽蔑 (keibetsu) — contempt, disdain
• Japanese: 鄙薄 (hihaku) — contempt, disdain
• Korean: 경멸 (gyeongmyeol) — contempt, disdain
• Latin: contemptus — contempt, disdain
• Middle English: scorn — contempt, disdain
• Persian: حقارت (heqârat) — contempt, disdain
• Plautdietsch: Spott — contempt, disdain
• Polish: pogarda — contempt, disdain
• Polish: lekceważenie — contempt, disdain
• Portuguese: desprezo — contempt, disdain
• Portuguese: escárnio — contempt, disdain
• Portuguese: desdém — contempt, disdain
• Romanian: dispreț — contempt, disdain
• Russian: презре́ние (prezrénije) — contempt, disdain
• Scots: scorn — contempt, disdain
• Slovak: opovrhnutie — contempt, disdain
• Slovak: pohŕdanie — contempt, disdain
• Spanish: desprecio — contempt, disdain
• Spanish: desdén — contempt, disdain
• Spanish: escarnio — contempt, disdain
• Spanish: ludibrio — contempt, disdain
• Swedish: förakt — contempt, disdain
• Swedish: hån — contempt, disdain
• Tocharian B: maṣṣāt — contempt, disdain
• Arabic: اِحْتَقَرَ (iḥtaqara) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Bulgarian: презирам (preziram) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Chinese Mandarin: 鄙薄 (bǐbó) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Czech: opovrhovat — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Czech: pohrdat — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Dutch: minachten — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Dutch: verachten — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Finnish: halveksia — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Finnish: halveksua — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• French: mépriser — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• French: dédaigner — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• German: verachten — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Greek: περιφρονώ (perifronó) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Hebrew: בָּז (báz) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Hindi: तिरस्कार करना (tiraskār karnā) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Hungarian: megvet — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Hungarian: lenéz — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Hungarian: pocskondiáz — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Italian: disprezzare — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Italian: disdegnare — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Japanese: 蔑む (sagesumu) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Japanese: 見下す (mikudasu) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Kazakh: елемеу (elemeu) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Kazakh: елемеу, елең қылмау (elemeu, eleñ qylmau) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Latin: contemnō — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Māori: whakareko — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Māori: tokoreko — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Middle English: scornen — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Old English: ǣwan — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Polish: gardzić — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Polish: lekceważyć — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Portuguese: desprezar — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Portuguese: desdenhar — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Portuguese: menosprezar — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Quechua: alqochay — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Romanian: disprețui — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Russian: презира́ть (prezirátʹ) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Russian: относи́ться с пренебрежением (otnosítʹsja s prenebreženijem) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Scots: scorn — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Serbo-Croatian: презирати — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Serbo-Croatian: prezirati — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Slovak: opovrhovať — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Slovene: prezirati — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Slovene: zaničevati — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Spanish: despreciar — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Spanish: desdeñar — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Spanish: menospreciar — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Tamil: இகழ் (ikaḻ) — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Vietnamese: khinh bỉ — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Vietnamese: khinh miệt — to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody
• Arabic: استنكف — to reject, turn down
• Bulgarian: оъхвърлям с презрение (oǎhvǎrljam s prezrenie) — to reject, turn down
• Czech: odmítat — to reject, turn down
• Finnish: torjua — to reject, turn down
• Finnish: antaa piupaut — to reject, turn down
• German: verschmähen — to reject, turn down
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (frakunnan) — to reject, turn down
• Greek: περιφρονώ (perifronó) — to reject, turn down
• Italian: disprezzare — to reject, turn down
• Japanese: 撥ね付ける (hanetsukeru) — to reject, turn down
• Latin: spernō — to reject, turn down
• Latin: reiciō — to reject, turn down
• Middle English: scornen — to reject, turn down
• Polish: wzgardzić — to reject, turn down
• Polish: odrzucić — to reject, turn down
• Romanian: respinge — to reject, turn down
• Romanian: refuza — to reject, turn down
• Russian: отвергать (otvergatʹ) — to reject, turn down
• Slovak: ohrdnúť — to reject, turn down
• Slovak: odmietnuť — to reject, turn down
• Spanish: rechazar — to reject, turn down
• Finnish: kieltäytyä — to refuse to do something, as beneath oneself
• Arabic: استخف — to scoff or express contempt
• Azerbaijani: alçaltmaq — to scoff or express contempt
• Bulgarian: присмивам се (prismivam se) — to scoff or express contempt
• Czech: opovrhovat — to scoff or express contempt
• Czech: pohrdat — to scoff or express contempt
• Finnish: halveksia — to scoff or express contempt
• Finnish: ylenkatsoa — to scoff or express contempt
• Finnish: ivata — to scoff or express contempt
• French: mépriser — to scoff or express contempt
• German: verspotten — to scoff or express contempt
• Japanese: 嘲る (azakeru) — to scoff or express contempt
• Japanese: 嘲う (azawarau) — to scoff or express contempt
• Māori: hīkaka te ihu — to scoff or express contempt
• Māori: whakahoe — to scoff or express contempt
• Middle English: scornen — to scoff or express contempt
• Polish: szydzić — to scoff or express contempt
• Polish: drwić — to scoff or express contempt
• Romanian: disprețui — to scoff or express contempt
• Romanian: urî — to scoff or express contempt
• Russian: насмехаться (nasmexatʹsja) — to scoff or express contempt
• Russian: глумиться (glumitʹsja) — to scoff or express contempt
• Scots: scorn — to scoff or express contempt
• Spanish: escarnecer — to scoff or express contempt
• Swedish: förakta — to scoff or express contempt