2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast. Chaucer. To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. Shak.
Syn.
— To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn.
SCORN
Scorn, v. i.
Defn: To scoff; to act disdainfully. He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And, now I remembered, scorned at me. Shak.
SCORNER
Scorn"er, n.
Defn: One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a
scoffer at religion. "Great scorners of death." Spenser.
Superly he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly.
Prov. iii. 34.
SCORNFUL
Scorn"ful, a.
1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun. Prior. Dart not scornful glances from those eyes. Shak.
2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn. [Obs.] The scornful mark of every open eye. Shak.
Syn.
— Contemptuous; disdainful; contumelious; reproachful; insolent.
— Scorn"ful*ly, adv.
— Scorn"ful*ness, n.