Scorned

verb

Word Frequency: 1.1

Definitions

1.verbTo feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.

2.verbTo reject, turn down.

"He scorned her romantic advances."

3.verbTo refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.

"She scorned to show weakness."

4.verbTo scoff, to express contempt.

5.adjectiveHated, despised, or avoided.

"Zucchini and cauliflower seem to be widely scorned vegetables."

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