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Meanings of scorned in English
Synonyms
Examples for "hated"
Examples for "hated"
1
I tried TV3's new news hour on Ireland AM but hated it.
2
It didn't occur to him to feed the thing; he hated animals.
3
In reality, he hated alcohol in any form during the earlier hours.
4
For a good year, I hated everything I recorded, vocally at least.
5
She hated the idea of making a mistake, especially a public mistake.
1
In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them.
2
Congreve died in the enjoyment of high consideration; Wycherley forgotten or despised.
3
After the French Revolution it was associated with the despised Ancien Regime.
4
The Bravo shuddered, and he moved among the despised graves in silence.
5
The one nature magnified labor, the other nature depreciated and despised it.
1
He detested one-eyed nationalism, but believed in making Ireland a better place.
2
After a time, it was no longer painful, but Ayla detested it.
3
She saw him relax slightly and for a moment she detested him.
4
The detested Hollander from over the water held all the public offices.
5
But nowhere was he more detested than in the House of Commons.
Usage of scorned in English
1
She scorned the suggestion that a bath-room be added; an effete idea.
2
The Rebels scorned to notice this home thrust by the Union General.
3
He exalted the dignity of labor, and scorned all baseness and lies.
4
I who have scorned the doings of lovers for years and years.
5
The scorned enthusiast of one generation is the hero of the next.
6
The visitors of the straits scorned the inhospitable coast, and returned north.
7
Moczydoly was not to be scorned; it was spacious and well stocked.
8
Now, Himself ancient, He had come to live the sage's scorned truth.
9
Daisy believed he was well intentioned and wrongly scorned by mainstream society.
10
But Harold Hardrada scorned witch-wife and dream; and his fleets sailed on.
11
The United States uniform and the soldiers alike are scorned and ridiculed.
12
In his supreme self-confidence Piang scorned to report Sicto to the authorities.
13
In the past, the theory has been scorned by the scientific community.
14
She had dropped very quickly the idea that she would be scorned.
15
I understand why you scorned the pillage of the house just now.
16
He is the champion of the scorned or neglected elements of civilisation.
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Scorned through the time
Scorned across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common