Scorn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.]
1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. --Shak.
This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful. --C. J. Smith.
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.
scorned
adj : treated with contempt [syn: despised, detested, hated]