had been scorning

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of scorn.
  scorn

  noun

  open or unqualified contempt; disdain.

Related Words

• abhor
• defy
• deride
• despise
• disdain
• disregard
• flout
• hate
• ignore
• mock
• refute
• reject
• repudiate
• ridicule
• shun
• spurn
• taunt