scorn
noun
open or unqualified contempt; disdain.
will scorn
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future tenseof scorn.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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To see fine apparel, but out of date, foretells that you will have fortune, but you will scorn progressive ideas.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
Anger will not extinguish love, nor will scorn trample it dead; jealousy will fan its fires, and offences against it may but fasten closer the fetters that it adores beyond all liberty.
From Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida Selected from the Works of Ouida by Ouida
Oh never! never!" cried Charlotte, emphatically: "the virtuous part of my sex will scorn me, and I will never associate with infamy.
From Charlotte Temple by Mrs. Susanna (Haswell) Rowson
To behold a dome from a distance, portends that you will never reach the height of your ambition, and if you are in love, the object of your desires will scorn your attention.
From Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or what's in a dream: a scientific and practical exposition by Gustavus Hindman Miller
Maybe you will scorn the walnut bed I brought as a great surprise?
From Girl Scouts at Dandelion Camp by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
