All 4 Uses of
scorn
in
Macbeth
- He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear
His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear:
Scene 3.5 *scorn = reject or treat with disrespect
- Be bloody, bold, and resolute; laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.
Scene 4.1scorn = disrespect
- Hang out our banners on the outward walls;
The cry is still, "They come!" our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn: here let them lie
Till famine and the ague eat them up:
Scene 5.5scorn = reject
- But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.
Scene 5.7scorn = disrespect
Definition:
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(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough