scorn
noun
open or unqualified contempt; disdain.
had scorned
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past perfectof scorn.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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She dies operatically on stage in front of the hometown folks who had scorned her back when.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2015
Two months ago national charitarians had cried "Foul!" when, discussing the tax bill with newshawks, the Champion had scorned corporation gifts to charity as a crass method of buying public goodwill.
From Time Magazine Archive
But within hours, investigators and lawmakers on Capitol Hill had scorned the bank, and the company canceled.
From Time Magazine Archive
He developed the classical side of the orchestra's repertory, which Stokowski had scorned, and became a tireless promoter of new works.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her older sisters had scorned their father by seizing control after he was forced to flee Alexandria.
From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby
