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Scorned meaning

Hated, despised, or avoided.

Synonyms of Scorned

Using Scorned

  • The main meaning on this page is: Hated, despised, or avoided.
  • Useful related words include: despised, detested, hated, unloved.
  • In the example corpus, scorned often appears in combinations such as: scorned by, scorned the, scorned and.

Context around Scorned

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Scorned

  • In this selection, "scorned" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, tuesday, wife, largely, teacher, ostracized and upon stand out and add context to how "scorned" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a wife scorned and her and a woman scorned. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "scorned" sits close to words such as accosted, adair and addressable, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with scorned

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Conservatives scorned the Labour government's policy. (7 words)

But the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, scorned the US warning. (13 words)

Some Saskatchewan animal shelters are helping scorned lovers get ‘the ultimate revenge’ this Valentine’s Day. (16 words)

But matcha is only the beginning of a burgeoning wellness beverage movement that will see your daily latte order scorned in favour of better-for-you drinks supposedly packed with supplements like collagen, magnesium and Lion’s Mane. (38 words)

Such is the lot of the third-party candidate, quadrennially scorned by voters who often wish they had options beyond the major parties’ nominees — only to conclude, by election’s eve, that the choice is effectively binary. (37 words)

The rule of law group Repubblika on Tuesday scorned an explanation given for Joseph Muscat's consultancy contract with people his government negotiated with for a casino deal, and again demanded action by the police. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Scorned teacher Bailey was jailed for 22 years after she carried out a horrific and violent knife attack on her love rival.

See, it was clear that to the guy who had made the joke, my feminist identity was something to be scorned and made fun of.

The assumption is that anything or anyone Jewish is Zionist and therefore subject to being scorned, ostracized, and boycotted.

The rule of law group Repubblika on Tuesday scorned an explanation given for Joseph Muscat's consultancy contract with people his government negotiated with for a casino deal, and again demanded action by the police.

The studio anticipates adapting the story about a wife scorned and her plot for revenge into a television series and is currently working on casting for the show.

Watford sat deep, like the majority of visiting sides that come to the King Power this season and whether scorned upon or not, it was an effective tactic that frustrated the league leaders.

When it was released on July 7, 2023, Insidious: The Red Door was largely scorned by critics, with many claiming it was derivative and not really that scary.

All the way back in the 1 century, historian Quintus Curtius Rufus claimed, ‘Alexander scorned sensual pleasures with women’.

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As a candidate in 2015, Mr. Trump scorned Senator John McCain’s war service and privately often sounded disrespectful toward others who volunteered for military service.

But apart from the simple fact that most gladiators were enslaved – and, for that reason, were scorned by elites as – there is another reason for the prevalence of this image in Roman political language.

But matcha is only the beginning of a burgeoning wellness beverage movement that will see your daily latte order scorned in favour of better-for-you drinks supposedly packed with supplements like collagen, magnesium and Lion’s Mane.

But the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, scorned the US warning.

Conservatives scorned the Labour government's policy.

His report reviewed the first year of the unitary authority and he said that when they had outlined their plans last year they had been "scorned at" by some in the chamber.

Some Saskatchewan animal shelters are helping scorned lovers get ‘the ultimate revenge’ this Valentine’s Day.

Such is the lot of the third-party candidate, quadrennially scorned by voters who often wish they had options beyond the major parties’ nominees — only to conclude, by election’s eve, that the choice is effectively binary.

The newfound solidarity between Oscar and Rebecca, particularly when they urge each other to stay clean, helps awaken a greater empathy toward the world they once scorned.

Urbain Grandier, a French priest whose sexual prowess earned him accusations from a scorned Mother Superior, is burned at the stake for witchcraft.

Anger is a very strong emotion and it has been said that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

But Esther and Isaac’s academic excellence is proof that there are jewels to be found in the oft-scorned community.

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Common combinations with scorned

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "scorned" in a sentence?
An example: "Scorned teacher Bailey was jailed for 22 years after she carried out a horrific and violent knife attack on her love rival." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "scorned" from authentic English texts.
What does "scorned" mean?
Scorned means: Hated, despised, or avoided.
What are synonyms of "scorned"?
Common synonyms of "scorned" include: despised, detested, hated, unloved.
How many example sentences with "scorned" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "scorned", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.