scorn
noun
open or unqualified contempt; disdain.
self-scorn
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a word derived from
scorn.
Example Sentences
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In the first agony of her self-scorn, she saw herself without excuse.
From Janet's Love and Service by Margaret M. (Margaret Murray) Robertson
She paused in her passionate confession and turned abruptly to David with a look of self-scorn that was tragic in its intensity.
From Clover and Blue Grass by Eliza Calvert Hall
She added with a touch of bitter self-scorn: “I was doing what I had to do.”
From Brand Blotters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
Her self-scorn made the colour surge into her cheeks and burn painfully over neck and brow.
From The Daughters of Danaus by Mona Caird
During this interval he removed from Charlesbridge to the country, and found himself, to his self-scorn and self-pity, actually reduced to hiring a livery horse by the day.
From Buying a Horse by William Dean Howells
