Scorned

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
     escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, n.]
     1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
        regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.
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              I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.  --Shak.
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              This my long sufferance, and my day of grace,
              Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
                                                    --Milton.
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              We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
              disgraceful.                          --C. J. Smith.
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     2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
        insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
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              His fellow, that lay by his bed's side,
              Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.
                                                    --Chaucer.
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              To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.
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     Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See {Contemn}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  scorned
       adj : treated with contempt [syn: {despised}, {detested}, {hated}]