Scorning

In his view, Silicon Valley was usurping all four cities, previously the centers of power in postwar America, by outpacing regulation, scorning academic prestige, introducing streaming services and reinventing direct-to-consumer marketing.

Critics were quick to pounce, accusing the mayor of scorning a cherished holiday ritual that had only a negligible environmental impact.

He a program signed into law by Obama for veterans to choose private doctors, while reportedly scorning those who died in wars as and trying to keep amputees from participating in a military parade.

Daily we see public articles, tweets, interviews, blog posts, etc., etc., even entire television shows laughing, mocking, ridiculing, and scorning conservatives.

It was there that he met his lifelong friend Connie (Consuelo) Joerns and palled around with Joan Mitchell, on her way to becoming a world-famous Abstract Expressionist artist — they liked each other while scorning each other’s art.

President Donald Trump tried to take the heat off a scandal-scarred White House official Monday, scorning "so-called leaks" instead of addressing the aide's insensitive joke about Sen. John McCain.

Grace had another outstanding season in 1870, during which Gloucestershire acquired first-class status, and Derek Birley records that, "scorning the puny modern fashion of moustaches", he grew the enormous black beard that made him so recognisable.

Students sought him at his studio, praising his work and scorning the charges of surmoulage.