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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me. --Shak.

This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those
who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.

We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
disgraceful. --C. J. Smith.

2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to
laugh, and scorned him full fast. --Chaucer.

To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.

Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See {Contemn}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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