To laugh to scorn

To laugh to scorn
Scorn Scorn (sk[^o]rn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern[=o]n to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object. [1913 Webster]

Scorn at first makes after love the more. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

And wandered backward as in scorn, To wait an [ae]on to be born. --Emerson. [1913 Webster]

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt. [1913 Webster]

Every sullen frown and bitter scorn But fanned the fuel that too fast did burn. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. [1913 Webster]

Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. --Ps. xliv. 13. [1913 Webster]

{To think scorn}, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt; to disdain. ``He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone.'' --Esther iii. 6.

{To laugh to scorn}, to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight; dishonor; mockery. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • laugh to scorn — Ridicule, deride, despise, sneer at, laugh at, laugh down, treat with contempt …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • laugh to scorn — make ridicule and mock, make deride and scorn …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Laugh — Laugh, v. t. 1. To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule. [1913 Webster] Will you laugh me asleep, for I am very heavy? Shak. [1913 Webster] I shall laugh myself to death. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To express by, or utter with,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Scorn — (sk[^o]rn), n. [OE. scorn, scarn, scharn, OF. escarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin; cf. OHG. skern mockery, skern[=o]n to mock; but cf. also OF. escorner to mock.] 1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • scorn — scorner, n. scorningly, adv. /skawrn/, n. 1. open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt. 2. an object of derision or contempt. 3. a derisive or contemptuous action or speech. 4. laugh to scorn, to… …   Universalium

  • laugh at — Synonyms and related words: deride, despise, disdain, disregard, flout, grin at, hold in derision, laugh to scorn, make fun of, make game of, make merry with, pan, pillory, point at, poke fun at, put one on, rag, razz, ride, ridicule, roast,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • scorn — Synonyms and related words: abhor, airs, arrogance, be above, be contemptuous of, care nothing for, clannishness, cliquishness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness, contumely, deprecation, deride, derision, despisal, despise, despite, disavow,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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