🇬🇧 Scorn meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

To scorn someone or something means to show that you think they are not good, not important, or not worth your respect. When you scorn something, you might roll your eyes, make a rude face, laugh at it in a mean way, or say hurtful words to show you think it’s silly or terrible. Scorn is like a strong kind of disrespect or mockery, when you act as if something is far below you.

The cookie seemed to scorn me from the counter, as if saying, “You’ll never reach me, short human.”

The frog scorned my singing by leaping into the pond the instant I hit the high note.

The baby scorned every toy we offered and chose to chew nobly on an old shoe instead.

When my brother put ketchup on his cereal, even the spoon looked like it wanted to scorn him.

I tried to scorn the broccoli on my plate, but my mom just scorned my scorn and made me eat it anyway.

On the playground they scorn the small boy's kite. They scorn his limp stick, scorn his patched coat, and scorn his quiet voice. He breathes, ties the string, and the kite climbs. Faces that scorn fall open in surprise. He grins; the crowd's scorn folds into soft applause, and he walks home lighter.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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