<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.</li><li>an object of derision or contempt.</li><li>a derisive or contemptuous action or speech.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>to treat or regard with contempt or disdain: They scorned the old beggar.</li><li>to reject, refuse, or ignore with contempt or disdain: She scorned my help.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to mock; jeer.</li></ul>