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outscorning

outscorning is the present participle and gerund of outscorn.

Meaning of outscorn

Verb

outscorn (third-person singular simple present outscorns, present participle outscorning, simple past and past participle outscorned)

  1. (transitive) To overcome or overwhelm by haughty disregard; defy; scorn or despise.
    • “That’s a bit like asking a man to subject himself to his own Freudian analysis,” he said, and then ventured this answer: “I guess I am Lear and the kitchen is my heath, wherein I strive to outscorn the to-and-fro conflicting wind and rain.”2007 June 14, Penelope Green, “Kitchen Tales”, in New York Times

Questions about outscorning

What is outscorning the present participle and gerund of?
Outscorning is the present participle and gerund of outscorn.

Words near outscorning in the dictionary

  1. outscored
  2. outscores
  3. outscoring
  4. outscorn
  5. outscorned
  6. outscorning
  7. outscorns
  8. outscour
  9. outscouring
  10. outscourings
  11. outscout

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Adapted from Wiktionary: outscorning (page history and authors); outscorn (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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