self-scorn
- a word derived from scorn.
Example Sentences
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But the shame that surged over her now was the agonizing shame of guilt, the shame of utter self-scorn, self-loathing.
From The Torch Bearer by Marquis, Reina Melcher
And it's I," he went on in a bitter self-scorn, "who have prated of honor, and the conduct of gentlemen, who have made a beast of myself before the best woman who ever lived!
From Nancy Stair A Novel by Lane, Elinor Macartney
In spite of himself, and indeed to his furious self-scorn, he found his heart warming strangely to the man who, at deadliest risk, had saved the life of his darling.
From Earth's Enigmas A Volume of Stories by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
Joe hung his head for a moment, then the pricking of the old self-scorn came with a turning tide.
From A Pagan of the Hills by Buck, Charles Neville
By this Henderson knew what had happened, and, to his immeasurable self-scorn, a qualm of remembered fear caught sickeningly at his heart.
From The Backwoodsmen by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
