scorning

/S K AO1 R N IH0 NG/
verb
  1. 1

    To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

  2. 2

    To reject, turn down.

    โ€œHe scorned her romantic advances.โ€

  3. 3

    To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.

    โ€œShe scorned to show weakness.โ€

  4. 4

    To scoff, to express contempt.

noun
  1. 1

    The act of one who scorns.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scorn, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/scorning