Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scorn \Scorn\ (sk[^o]rn), v. i.
   To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach;
   to act disdainfully.

         He said mine eyes were black and my hair black, And,
         now I am remembered, scorned at me.      --Shak.

Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
   escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, n.]
   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}.

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.

            Scorn at first makes after love the more. --Shak.

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

   2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.

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

   3. An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.

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

   {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.

   Syn: Contempt; disdain; derision; contumely; despite; slight;
        dishonor; mockery.

Source : WordNet®

scorn
     n 1: lack of respect accompanied by a feeling of intense dislike;
          "he was held in contempt"; "the despite in which
          outsiders were held is legendary" [syn: {contempt}, {disdain},
           {despite}]
     2: open disrespect for a person or thing [syn: {contempt}]
     v 1: look down on with disdain; "He despises the people he has to
          work for"; "The professor scorns the students who don't
          catch on immediately" [syn: {contemn}, {despise}, {disdain}]
     2: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {reject},
         {spurn}, {freeze off}, {pooh-pooh}, {disdain}, {turn down}]