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Meanings of scorned in English

Treated with contempt.

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Usage of scorned in English
1
She scorned the suggestion that a bath-room be added; an effete idea.
The Heart of Arethusa
2
The Rebels scorned to notice this home thrust by the Union General.
Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons
3
He exalted the dignity of labor, and scorned all baseness and lies.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 04: Imperial Antiquity
4
I who have scorned the doings of lovers for years and years.
Down There
5
The scorned enthusiast of one generation is the hero of the next.
Life and Conduct
6
The visitors of the straits scorned the inhospitable coast, and returned north.
The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
7
Moczydoly was not to be scorned; it was spacious and well stocked.
The Knights of the Cross, or, Krzyzacy: Historical Romance
8
Now, Himself ancient, He had come to live the sage's scorned truth.
The new yorker
9
Daisy believed he was well intentioned and wrongly scorned by mainstream society.
Death du Jour
10
But Harold Hardrada scorned witch-wife and dream; and his fleets sailed on.
Harold : the Last of the Saxon Kings — Volume 11
11
The United States uniform and the soldiers alike are scorned and ridiculed.
The Red Conspiracy
12
In his supreme self-confidence Piang scorned to report Sicto to the authorities.
The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy / A Book for Young a...
13
In the past, the theory has been scorned by the scientific community.
Wired
14
She had dropped very quickly the idea that she would be scorned.
The Duke's Children
15
I understand why you scorned the pillage of the house just now.
Salammbo
16
He is the champion of the scorned or neglected elements of civilisation.
Authors of Greece
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Less common