All 4 Uses of
scorn
in
Macbeth
- He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear
His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear.p. 111.9scorn = treat with disrespect
- Laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.p. 125.7 *scorn = disrespecteditor's notes: "Laugh to scorn" is an expression meaning "dismiss a concern as laughable or insignificant."
- Our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn.p. 177.2scorn = disrespect or rejectioneditor's notes: "Laugh to scorn" is an expression meaning "dismiss a concern as laughable or insignificant."
- But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.p. 183.4scorn = disrespecteditor's notes: "Laugh to scorn" is an expression meaning "dismiss a concern as laughable or insignificant."
Definition:
disrespect or reject as not good enough