English · Idiom Historical

to laugh to scorn

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

To treat with the utmost contempt. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head. — Ps. xxn, 7.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đối xử với sự khinh thường tuyệt đối

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “to laugh to scorn” mean?

To treat with the utmost contempt. All they that see me laugh me to scorn; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head. — Ps. xxn, 7.

Is “to laugh to scorn” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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