Outscorn
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Outscorn is a verb meaning (transitive) To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.
Meaning
(transitive) To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.
Example Sentences
“That’s a bit like asking a man to subject himself to his own Freudian analysis,” he said, and then ventured this answer: “I guess I am Lear and the kitchen is my heath, wherein I strive to outscorn the to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.”
Word Forms
- outscorns
- outscorning
- outscorned
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include outscout, scorn, despise, spurn, despect, dispise.
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