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{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "scornen"
},
"expansion": "Middle English scornen",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "schornen"
},
"expansion": "schornen",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "escharnir"
},
"expansion": "Old French escharnir",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "VL.",
"3": "*escarnire"
},
"expansion": "Vulgar Latin *escarnire",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*skarnjan"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *skarnjan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*skeraną",
"3": "",
"4": "to shear"
},
"expansion": "*skeraną (“to shear”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)ker-",
"4": "",
"5": "to cut"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "gem-pro",
"2": "*skarną",
"3": "",
"4": "dung, filth"
},
"expansion": "*skarną (“dung, filth”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*(s)ḱerd-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ine-pro",
"2": "*(s)ḱer-",
"3": "",
"4": "dung, manure, filth"
},
"expansion": "*(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "escarn"
},
"expansion": "Old French escarn",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pt",
"2": "escárnio"
},
"expansion": "Portuguese escárnio",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "escarnio"
},
"expansion": "Spanish escarnio",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "scherno"
},
"expansion": "Italian scherno",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Verb from Middle English scornen, schornen, alteration of Old French escharnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire, from Proto-Germanic *skarnjan, which could be from *skeraną (“to shear”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”)), or possibly related to *skarną (“dung, filth”) (from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱerd-, *(s)ḱer- (“dung, manure, filth”)). Noun from Old French escarn (cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "scorns",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "scorning",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "scorned",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "scorned",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "scorn (third-person singular simple present scorns, present participle scorning, simple past and past participle scorned)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1871, C. J. Smith, Synonyms Discriminated",
"text": "We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise."
],
"id": "en-scorn-en-verb-ICZukmbg",
"links": [
[
"contempt",
"contempt"
],
[
"disdain",
"disdain"
],
[
"despise",
"despise"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "54 5 2 40",
"sense": "to feel contempt",
"word": "despise"
}
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtaqara",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "اِحْتَقَرَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preziram",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "презирам"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐbó",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "鄙薄"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "opovrhovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "pohrdat"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "minachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "verachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "halveksia"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "halveksua"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "mépriser"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "dédaigner"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "verachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perifronó",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "περιφρονώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "לבוז"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "megvet"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disprezzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disdegnare"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagesumu",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "蔑む"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mikudasu",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "見下す"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "elemeu",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "елемеу"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "elemeu, eleñ qylmau",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "елемеу, елең қылмау"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "contemno"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "whakareko"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "tokoreko"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "ǣwan"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "gardzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "lekceważyć"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desprezar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desdenhar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "menosprezar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "alqochay"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disprețui"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prezirátʹ",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "презира́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otnosítʹsja s prenebreženijem",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "относи́ться с пренебрежением"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "презирати"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "prezirati"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "opovrhovať"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despreciar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desdeñar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "menospreciar"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "khinh bỉ"
},
{
"_dis1": "74 3 1 21",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "khinh miệt"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "He scorned her romantic advances.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To reject, turn down."
],
"id": "en-scorn-en-verb-xwcv3LdL",
"links": [
[
"reject",
"reject#Verb"
],
[
"turn down",
"turn down"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To reject, turn down."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "استنكف"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oǎhvǎrljam s prezrenie",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "оъхвърлям с презрение"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odmítat"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "torjua"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "antaa piupaut"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "verschmähen"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frakunnan",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perifronó",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "περιφρονώ"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "disprezzare"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanetsukeru",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "撥ね付ける"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "spernō"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "reiciō"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "wzgardzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "odrzucić"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "respinge"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "refuza"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvergatʹ",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отвергать"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "ohrdnúť"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "odmietnuť"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 90 7 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "rechazar"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "She scorned to show weakness.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself."
],
"id": "en-scorn-en-verb-wwg5mlnl",
"links": [
[
"refuse",
"refuse#Verb"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 15 83 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refuse to do something, as beneath oneself",
"word": "kieltäytyä"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "12 9 11 13 16 2 36",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1578–1579, Ed[mund] Sp[enser], “Prosopopoia. Or Mother Hubberds Tale. [...] Dedicated to the Right Honorable the Ladie Compton and Mountegle”, in Complaints. Containing Sundrie Small Poemes of the Worlds Vanitie. Whereof the Next Page Maketh Mention, London: Imprinted for William Ponsonbie, dwelling in Paules Churchyard at the signe of the Bishops head, published 1591, →OCLC",
"text": "For miſerie doth braueſt mindes abate, / And make them ſeeke for that they wont to ſcorne, / Of fortune and of hope at once forlorne.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To scoff, to express contempt."
],
"id": "en-scorn-en-verb-Q9Siy5Do",
"links": [
[
"scoff",
"scoff"
],
[
"contempt",
"contempt"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To scoff, to express contempt."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 87",
"sense": "to scoff",
"word": "deride"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 87",
"sense": "to scoff",
"word": "mock"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 87",
"sense": "to scoff",
"word": "ridicule"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 87",
"sense": "to scoff",
"word": "scoff"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 6 2 87",
"sense": "to scoff",
"word": "sneer"
}
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "استخف"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prismivam se",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "присмивам се"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opovrhovat"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pohrdat"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "halveksia"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "ylenkatsoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "ivata"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "mépriser"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "verspotten"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"alt": "あざける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azakeru",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "嘲る"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"alt": "あざわらう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azawarau",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "嘲う"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "hīkaka te ihu"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "whakahoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "szydzić"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "drwić"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "disprețui"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "urî"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasmexatʹsja",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "насмехаться"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glumitʹsja",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "глумиться"
},
{
"_dis1": "24 4 1 71",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "escarnecer"
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"word": "scoff"
},
{
"sense": "to scoff",
"word": "sneer"
}
],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "iḥtaqara",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "اِحْتَقَرَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "preziram",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "презирам"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bǐbó",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "鄙薄"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "opovrhovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "pohrdat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "minachten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "verachten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "halveksia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "halveksua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "mépriser"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "dédaigner"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "verachten"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perifronó",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "περιφρονώ"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "לבוז"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "megvet"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disprezzare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disdegnare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sagesumu",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "蔑む"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "mikudasu",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "見下す"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "elemeu",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "елемеу"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "elemeu, eleñ qylmau",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "елемеу, елең қылмау"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "contemno"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "whakareko"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "tokoreko"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "ǣwan"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "gardzić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "lekceważyć"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desprezar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desdenhar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "menosprezar"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "alqochay"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "disprețui"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prezirátʹ",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "презира́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otnosítʹsja s prenebreženijem",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "относи́ться с пренебрежением"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "презирати"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "prezirati"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "opovrhovať"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "despreciar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "desdeñar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "menospreciar"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "khinh bỉ"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to feel contempt or disdain for something or somebody",
"word": "khinh miệt"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "استنكف"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oǎhvǎrljam s prezrenie",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "оъхвърлям с презрение"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "odmítat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "torjua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "antaa piupaut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "verschmähen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "frakunnan",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perifronó",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "περιφρονώ"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "disprezzare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hanetsukeru",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "撥ね付ける"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "spernō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "reiciō"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "wzgardzić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "odrzucić"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "respinge"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "refuza"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "otvergatʹ",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "отвергать"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "ohrdnúť"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "odmietnuť"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to reject, turn down",
"word": "rechazar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to refuse to do something, as beneath oneself",
"word": "kieltäytyä"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "استخف"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prismivam se",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "присмивам се"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "opovrhovat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "pohrdat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "halveksia"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "ylenkatsoa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "ivata"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "mépriser"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "verspotten"
},
{
"alt": "あざける",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azakeru",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "嘲る"
},
{
"alt": "あざわらう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "azawarau",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "嘲う"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "hīkaka te ihu"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "whakahoe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "szydzić"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "drwić"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "disprețui"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "urî"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nasmexatʹsja",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "насмехаться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "glumitʹsja",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "глумиться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "escarnecer"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to scoff or express contempt",
"word": "förakta"
}
],
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"scorn"
],
"word": "scorn"
}
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"2": "escárnio"
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"ref": "1967, John Berryman, Berryman’s Sonnets, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux",
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{
"ipa": "/skɔːn/",
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},
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"ipa": "/skɔɹn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
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},
{
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prezrenie",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "презрение"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "menyspreu"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desdeny"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "輕蔑"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "qīngmiè",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "轻蔑"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "opovržení"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "minachting"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verachting"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "ylenkatse"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "pilkka"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mépris"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dédain"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Verachtung"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "perifrónisi",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "περιφρόνηση"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sh'át-néfesh",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "שאט-נפש"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "megvetés"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dímheas"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tarcaisne"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "disprezzo"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keibetsu",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "軽蔑"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hihaku",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "鄙薄"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeongmyeol",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "경멸"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "contemptus"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "heqârat",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "حقارت"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Spott"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pogarda"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lekceważenie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desprezo"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "escárnio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desdém"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "dispreț"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prezrénije",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "презре́ние"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "opovrhnutie"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "pohŕdanie"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desprecio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "desdén"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "escarnio"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"tags": [
"formal"
],
"word": "ludibrio"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "förakt"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "hån"
},
{
"code": "txb",
"lang": "Tocharian B",
"sense": "contempt, disdain",
"word": "maṣṣāt"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"scorn"
],
"word": "scorn"
}
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