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Scorn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Extreme contempt; that disdain which springs from a person's opinion of the meanness of an object, and a consciousness or belief of his own superiority or worth.

2. He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone. Esther 3:6 .

3. Every sullen frown and bitter scorn but fann'd the fuel that too fast did burn.

4. A subject of extreme contempt, disdain or derision; that which is treated with contempt.

5. Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are around us. Psalms 44:13 .

6. To think scorn to disdain; to despise. obsolete

7. To laugh to scorn to deride; to make a mock of; to ridicule as contemptible.

8. They laughed us to scorn Nehemiah 2:19 .

Scorn [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To scorn at, to scoff at; to treat with contumely, derision or reproach. obsolete

Scorn [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. to hold in extreme contempt; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. job. 16.

2. Surely he scorneth the scorner; but he giveth grace to the lowly. Proverbs 3:34 .

3. to think unworth; to disdain.

4. Fame that delights around the world to stray, scorns not to take our Argos in her way.

5. To slight; to disregard; to neglect.

6. This my long suff'rance and my day of grace, those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.

Scorn [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.

2. An act or expression of extreme contempt.

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

4. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

5. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

Scorn [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.

Scorned [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Extremely contemned or despised; disdained.

Scorned [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Scorner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. One that scorns; a contemner; a despiser.

2. They are great scorners of death.

3. A scoffer; a derider; in Scripture, one who scoffs at religion, its ordinances and teachers, and who makes a mock of sin and the judgments and threatenings of God against sinners. Proverbs 1:22 , Proverbs 19:25

Scorner [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who scorns; a despiser; a contemner; specifically, a scoffer at religion.

Scornful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Contemptuous; disdainful; entertaining scorn; insolent.

2. Th' enamor'd deity the scornful damsel shuns.

3. Acting in defiance or disregard.

4. Scornful of winter's frost and summer's sun.

5. In Scripture, holding religion in contempt; treating with disdain religion and the dispensations of God.

Scornful [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Full of scorn or contempt; contemptuous; disdainful.

2. Treated with scorn; exciting scorn.

Scornfully [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. With extreme contempt; contemptuously; insolently.

2. The sacred rights of the christian church are scornfully trampled on in print -

Scornfulness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The quality of being scornful.

Scorning [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of contemning; a treating with contempt, slight or disdain.

2. How long will the scorners delight in their scorning?

3. Proverbs 1:22 . Psalms 123:4 .

Scorning [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Holding in great contempt; despising; disdaining.

Scorny [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Deserving scorn; paltry.

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Deuteronomy 28:37

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Deuteronomy 32:15

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

1 Kings 9:7

Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:

then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.

2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

2 Chronicles 7:20

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.

2 Chronicles 30:10

So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.

And the couriers traveled from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun; but the people scorned and mocked them.

Nehemiah 2:19

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

Nehemiah 4:4

Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity:

Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.

Esther 3:6

And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai.

And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.

Job 12:4

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.

Job 12:5

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.

Job 16:20

My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God.

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Job 19:18

Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me.

Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.

Job 22:19

The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:

Job 34:7

What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?

What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?

Job 39:7

He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

Job 39:18

What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

Psalms 1:1

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.

Psalms 15:3

He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

Psalms 22:6

But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people.

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by men and despised by the people.