scorned

[skawrnd]

adjective

1. treated or regarded with contempt, scoffing, or disdain.

   Few believed he’d find an audience, but with the release of his hit single and video last year, the once scorned act has now become popular with fans and critics.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of scorn.

Other Word Forms

• unscorned adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of scorned¹

scorn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

"To my father's disappointment, I was a soft and sensitive kid. The neighbourhood gang of kids bullied me, and my father and adult brother scorned me for not fighting back," he remembers.

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He hated the government and scorned taxes, which the government noticed.

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Hailed by some as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is in the final stage of his national security trial.

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The bat flip, once scorned as an instrument of disrespect, is now celebrated by the league itself.

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His ostentatious well-being is scorned by Walker, who equates equilibrium with compromise.

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