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Scorned
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Scorned
see synonyms of scornednoun
1.
open contempt or disdain for a person or thing; derision
2.
an object of contempt or derision
3. archaic
an act or expression signifying contempt
verb
4.
to treat with contempt or derision
5. (transitive)
to reject with contempt
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Scorned
see synonyms of scorned noun
1.
extreme, often indignant, contempt for someone or something; utter disdain
2.
expression of this in words or manner
3.
the object of such contempt
verb transitive
4.
to regard with scorn; view or treat with contempt
5.
to refuse or reject as wrong or disgraceful
verb intransitive
6. Obsolete
to scoff
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Scorned
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1.
a. Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy: viewed his rivals with scorn.
b. The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision: heaped scorn upon his rivals.
c. The state of being despised or dishonored: held in scorn by his rivals.
2. Archaic One spoken of or treated with contempt.
tr.v. scorned, scorn·ing, scorns
1. To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy: an artist who was scorned by conservative critics.
3. To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity: "She disapproved so heartily of Flora's plan that she would have scorned to assist in the concoction of a single oily sentence" (Stella Gibbons).
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