Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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Scorn
//skɔːn//
Synonyms for "scorn" (149 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
jeeringlaughlaugh atlaugh to scornlooklook down uponmake fun ofmisappreciationmisprizemockeryneglectoff handednesspatronagepatronizepick and choosepoke fun atpooh-poohput downrank lowrebuff
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rejectionrepudiateridiculesarcasmscoff atscoffingscornfulnessscoutset at defianceset at naughtshunslightslight oversnapsneer atsneeringsneeze atsnickersniff atsniffinesssnobbishnesssnootinesssnortsnort atsnottinesssnubsovereign contemptspurnsuperciliousnesstaunttauntingthink nothing ofthumbtoploftinesstrampletreat with contempttrivializetwit
Verb(14 words)
Noun(2 words)
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More general
7 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
5 entriesderived
2 entriesrelated to
18 entriesShowing 16 of 18 words.
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6 entriesTranslations
136 translations across 39 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- استخف verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- استنكف verb (to reject, turn down)
- اِحْتَقَرَ verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Bulgarian
4 entries- презрение noun (contempt, disdain)
- оъхвърлям с презрение verb (to reject, turn down)
- презирам verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- присмивам се verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Catalan
2 entries- desdeny noun (contempt, disdain)
- menyspreu noun (contempt, disdain)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 輕蔑 /轻蔑 noun (contempt, disdain)
- 鄙薄 verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Czech
4 entries- opovržení noun (contempt, disdain)
- odmítat verb (to reject, turn down)
- opovrhovat verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- opovrhovat verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Dutch
4 entries- minachting noun (contempt, disdain)
- verachting noun (contempt, disdain)
- minachten verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- verachten verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Esperanto
1 entries- malestimo noun (contempt, disdain)
Finnish
4 entries- pilkka noun (contempt, disdain)
- ylenkatse noun (contempt, disdain)
- antaa piupaut verb (to reject, turn down)
- halveksia verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
French
4 entries- dédain noun (contempt, disdain)
- mépris noun (contempt, disdain)
- dédaigner verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- mépriser verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
German
4 entries- Verachtung noun (contempt, disdain)
- verachten verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- verschmähen verb (to reject, turn down)
- verspotten verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to reject, turn down)
Greek
3 entries- περιφρόνηση noun (contempt, disdain)
- περιφρονώ verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- περιφρονώ verb (to reject, turn down)
Hebrew
2 entries- שאט־נפש noun (contempt, disdain)
- בָּז verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Hindi
1 entries- तिरस्कार करना verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Hungarian
4 entries- megvetés noun (contempt, disdain)
- lenéz verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- megvet verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- pocskondiáz verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Irish
2 entries- dímheas noun (contempt, disdain)
- tarcaisne noun (contempt, disdain)
Italian
4 entries- disprezzo noun (contempt, disdain)
- disdegnare verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- disprezzare verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- disprezzare verb (to reject, turn down)
Japanese
4 entries- 軽蔑 noun (contempt, disdain)
- 鄙薄 noun (contempt, disdain)
- 嘲う verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- 嘲る verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Kazakh
2 entries- елемеу verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- елемеу, елең қылмау verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Korean
1 entries- 경멸 noun (contempt, disdain)
Latin
4 entries- contemptus noun (contempt, disdain)
- contemnō verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- reiciō verb (to reject, turn down)
- spernō verb (to reject, turn down)
Middle English
4 entries- scorn noun (contempt, disdain)
- scornen verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- scornen verb (to reject, turn down)
- scornen verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Māori
4 entries- hīkaka te ihu verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- tokoreko verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- whakahoe verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- whakareko verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Old English
1 entries- ǣwan verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Persian
1 entries- حقارت noun (contempt, disdain)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spott noun (contempt, disdain)
Polish
4 entries- lekceważenie noun (contempt, disdain)
- pogarda noun (contempt, disdain)
- drwić verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- gardzić verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Portuguese
4 entries- desdém noun (contempt, disdain)
- desprezo noun (contempt, disdain)
- escárnio noun (contempt, disdain)
- desdenhar verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Quechua
1 entries- alqochay verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Romanian
4 entries- dispreț noun (contempt, disdain)
- disprețui verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- disprețui verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- refuza verb (to reject, turn down)
Russian
4 entries- презре́ние noun (contempt, disdain)
- глумиться verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- насмехаться verb (to scoff or express contempt)
- отвергать verb (to reject, turn down)
Scots
3 entries- scorn noun (contempt, disdain)
- scorn verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- scorn verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prezirati verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- презирати verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Slovak
4 entries- opovrhnutie noun (contempt, disdain)
- pohŕdanie noun (contempt, disdain)
- odmietnuť verb (to reject, turn down)
- ohrdnúť verb (to reject, turn down)
Spanish
4 entries- desdén noun (contempt, disdain)
- desprecio noun (contempt, disdain)
- escarnio noun (contempt, disdain)
- ludibrio noun (contempt, disdain)
Swedish
3 entries- förakt noun (contempt, disdain)
- hån noun (contempt, disdain)
- förakta verb (to scoff or express contempt)
Tamil
1 entries- இகழ் verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
Tocharian B
1 entries- maṣṣāt noun (contempt, disdain)
Vietnamese
2 entries- khinh bỉ verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
- khinh miệt verb (to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody)
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.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.