Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
Source: tatoeba (278265)
Scorn
/skɔːn/
Synonyms for "scorn" (159 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (32)
abhorabominationairsarrogancebe abovebe contemptuous ofcare nothing forcensureclannishnesscliquishnessconfrontcontemncontemptcontemptuousnesscontumelydefydemeandeprecationderidederision
Strong matches (48)
Noun(5 words)
despitedisavowdisbelievedisdaindisdainfulnessdislikedismissaldisowndisparagedisparagementdisprizedisregarddump onexclusivenessfeel contempt forfeel superior tofloutfloutingfussgibing
Related words (79)
look down uponmake fun ofmisprizemockeryneglectpatronagepatronizepick and choosepoke fun atpooh-poohput downrank lowrebuffrejectrejectionrepudiateridiculesarcasmscoff atscoffing
Show 33 more words
scornfulnessscoutset at defianceset at naughtshunslightslight oversnapsneersneer atsneeringsneeze atsnickersniff atsniffinesssnobbishnesssnootinesssnortsnort atsnottinesssnubsovereign contemptspurnsuperciliousnesstaunttauntingthink nothing ofthumbtoploftinesstrampletreat with contempttrivializetwit
Noun(17 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
14 entriesMore specific
16 entriesCollocations
9 entriesearn scornexpress scornfall under scornmoral scornpublic scornscornful gazetone of scorntotal scornutter scorn
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 29 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- презрение noun (contempt, disdain)
Catalan
2 entries- desdeny noun (contempt, disdain)
- menyspreu noun (contempt, disdain)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 輕蔑 /轻蔑 noun (contempt, disdain)
Czech
1 entries- opovržení noun (contempt, disdain)
Dutch
2 entries- minachting noun (contempt, disdain)
- verachting noun (contempt, disdain)
Esperanto
1 entries- malestimo noun (contempt, disdain)
Finnish
2 entries- pilkka noun (contempt, disdain)
- ylenkatse noun (contempt, disdain)
French
2 entries- dédain noun (contempt, disdain)
- mépris noun (contempt, disdain)
German
1 entries- Verachtung noun (contempt, disdain)
Greek
1 entries- περιφρόνηση noun (contempt, disdain)
Hebrew
1 entries- שאט־נפש noun (contempt, disdain)
Hungarian
1 entries- megvetés noun (contempt, disdain)
Irish
2 entries- dímheas noun (contempt, disdain)
- tarcaisne noun (contempt, disdain)
Italian
1 entries- disprezzo noun (contempt, disdain)
Japanese
2 entries- 軽蔑 noun (contempt, disdain)
- 鄙薄 noun (contempt, disdain)
Korean
1 entries- 경멸 noun (contempt, disdain)
Latin
1 entries- contemptus noun (contempt, disdain)
Middle English
1 entries- scorn noun (contempt, disdain)
Persian
1 entries- حقارت noun (contempt, disdain)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spott noun (contempt, disdain)
Polish
2 entries- lekceważenie noun (contempt, disdain)
- pogarda noun (contempt, disdain)
Portuguese
3 entries- desdém noun (contempt, disdain)
- desprezo noun (contempt, disdain)
- escárnio noun (contempt, disdain)
Romanian
1 entries- dispreț noun (contempt, disdain)
Russian
1 entries- презре́ние noun (contempt, disdain)
Scots
1 entries- scorn noun (contempt, disdain)
Slovak
2 entries- opovrhnutie noun (contempt, disdain)
- pohŕdanie noun (contempt, disdain)
Spanish
4 entries- desdén noun (contempt, disdain)
- desprecio noun (contempt, disdain)
- escarnio noun (contempt, disdain)
- ludibrio noun (contempt, disdain)
Swedish
2 entries- förakt noun (contempt, disdain)
- hån noun (contempt, disdain)
Tocharian B
1 entries- maṣṣāt noun (contempt, disdain)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
Source: tatoeba (285815)
He was the scorn of the other boys.
Source: tatoeba (301065)
She has scorn for me.
Source: tatoeba (314430)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.