Scorn (verb)

1. To reject with contempt or disdain.
2. To feel or express contempt or disdain for something or someone.
3. To treat or regard something or someone with contempt or disdain.

Origin:

Middle english scorne, from old english scornian, from proto-germanic *skurnijaną (compare west frisian skernje, dutch schimpen, german verschmähen), from proto-germanic *skurnaz ("scorn, contempt"), from proto-indo-european *(s)ker- ("to cut, split").

Examples:

1. He scorned the idea of working for someone else.
2. She scorned his attempts to win her back.
3. They scorned the idea of going to the party.
4. He scorned her for her ignorance.
5. She scorned his proposal of marriage.