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• past participle of scorn.
• past tense form of scorn.

scorned

American  

[skawrnd] / skɔrnd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• unscorned
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of scorned

scorn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

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scorned

They are, after all, world champions - and scorned ones at that.

From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026

There are few things more universally powerful than a mama’s boy scorned.

From Salon ● May 10, 2026

Church scorned French Impressionism as slapdash, and Ms. Johnson suggests that his work became less popular simply because it was superseded by a more innovative style.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 1, 2026

However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2025

When the lad cried out that he would never be left behind, that he scorned life in comparison with death in so glorious an attempt, Nisus felt only grief and dismay.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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