Clues for the word "SCORN"
We've had 74 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 269 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Evening Standard Quick crossword on November 27, 2025.
Definition of scorn
- n. - Extreme and lofty contempt; haughty disregard; that disdain which springs from the opinion of the utter meanness and unworthiness of an object.
- n. - An act or expression of extreme contempt.
- n. - An object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision.
- n. - To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
- n. - To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
- v. i. - To scoff; to mock; to show contumely, derision, or reproach; to act disdainfully.
Referring Clues
- Show disdain for
- Refuse to recognize
- Disdain
- "Teach not thy lip such ___, for it was made for kissing": Shak.
- Heap ___ upon
- What a 93-Across expresses
- Pooh-pooh
- "Teach not thy lip such ___": "Richard III"
- Dismiss as unworthy
- Show contempt toward
- Belittling act
- Treat badly
- Show disdain
- Treat with contempt
- Open contempt
- Look down one's nose at
- Obvious disdain
- Invective
- Treat like a pariah
- Sneeze at
- Derisive speech
- Treat with disdain
- Look down on
- Derision
- "Teach not thy lip such ___" (Shakespeare)
- Despise
- It may be heaped on one
- Find contemptible
- Open disrespect
- Utter disdain
- Show contempt for
- Contempt
- "Teach not thy lip such ___" (Shakespeare)
- It may be heaped on someone
- Ridicule
- Turn up one's nose at
- Cool kids' regard for nerds
- Look upon with disdain
- Reject derisively
- Distain
- Sneer at
- Reject rudely
- Cold-shoulder
- Contumely
- Thumb one's nose at
- Express contempt for
- Detest
- Show utter disdain
- Dis
- Be contemptuous of sulphur put on cereal
- Dismiss
- Extreme contempt
- Deride
- A state registered nurse holds the firm in contempt
- Like cold water, it can be poured on things
- Spurn
- With disdain, is finished with the old-fashioned stuff
- Disdain to treat corns
- Point to firm sailors showing derision
- Show contempt for cereal on Sunday
- Disdain for 20 at last changing direction
- Hold in contempt
- Raspberries emitted by tinned French horn
- Treat corns with contempt
- Reject with contempt
- Show contempt
- Disdain a treatment for corns
- Sniff at old Bob's foot sore?
- Treat disdainfully
- Dismissive attitude
- When poured, it's like cold water
- What sneers express
- "Silence is the most perfect expression of ___" (line in a Shaw play)
- Sneerer's sentiment
Last Seen In
- Evening Standard Quick - November 27, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - November 26, 2025
- Mirror Daily - November 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - October 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Cryptic - October 09, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - September 29, 2025
- Mirror Mini - September 23, 2025
- LA Times - August 31, 2025
- Daily Quick - August 22, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 25, 2025
- Daily American - June 27, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 22, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 22, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - June 17, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - May 29, 2025
- New York Times - May 12, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - February 27, 2025
- New York Times - February 20, 2025
- Daily American - January 31, 2025
- LA Times - January 26, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 16, 2025
- Daily Quick - January 13, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - January 10, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - December 18, 2024
- Daily Quick - November 11, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - October 16, 2024
- Evening Standard Cryptic - September 16, 2024
- And in 239 more crossword puzzles...