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Noun scorn has 2 senses
- contempt, disdain, scorn, despite - lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike; "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which outsiders were held is legendary"
--1 is a kind of dislike
- contempt, scorn - open disrespect for a person or thing
--2 is a kind of disrespect, discourtesy
--2 has particulars: sneer, leer; sneer
Verb scorn has 2 senses
- contemn, despise, scorn, disdain - look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't catch on immediately"
--1 is one way to hate, detest
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot scorn Sue
- reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
--2 is one way to refuse, decline
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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