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Diminished or humiliated emotionally
Having been shunned or jilted
Not having been shown love or affection
Disregarded, not receiving any proper attention
Assailed with contemptuous language
Past tense for to feel or express contempt or disdain for
“They scorn him for a foreign policy that has neither mercy nor compassion.”
Past tense for to reject or turn down
“At mealtimes, she would scorn the offer of a bedside tray, weak as she was, and walk to the dining room.”
Past tense for to ignore or disregard contemptuously
“It was to be anticipated that he would scorn the advice of Mr. Botherum, however skilfully it might have been bestowed.”
Past tense for to refuse to do something because one is too proud
“But there is a large public more discriminating who would scorn to be associated with those people we have just named, and yet they share a good number of their tastes.”
Past tense for to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
Past tense for to insult or put down, especially in a spiteful way
Past tense for to feel distaste for or hostility towards
Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept or engage with someone
Past tense for to exercise or express disbelief or doubt
Past tense for to criticize in an abusive or angrily insulting manner
Past tense for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Past tense for to face or confront something or someone that is hostile
Past tense for to speak with vulgar, irreverent or profane language
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