1
as in disdained
to show contempt for
scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors
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2
as in despised
to ignore in a disrespectful manner
she scorned the advice of her ophthalmologist and had the laser eye surgery anyway
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Recent Examples of scorned
It’s scorned Donald, who saw that scoundrel Lee leaving his mistress’s house this morning.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Hell hath no fury like… an ex scorned?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
Gastineau says the video has led to him being ridiculed and scorned.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Imagine doing all this as a woman in fifteenth-century Europe, with three children to raise on your own, in a society that scorned women who took up a pen rather than the sewing needle.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2025
While oud can be polarizing—prized by some for its longevity and scorned by others for its animalic bite—the version in this bottle is rounder, creamier, and more nuanced than your standard-issue oud oil, with a clarity that feels paradoxical given its depth.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
And here lies Democrats' biggest challenge to selling democratic socialism to voters—especially the party's scorned and thinning racial minority base.
—Jerel Ezell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
In the end, however, modernist design and an eye towards the future were ultimately scorned by the Nazi party.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Washington's social and media elite scorned their style.
—Brian Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Hell hath no fury like… an ex scorned?
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 13 Oct. 2025
Gastineau says the video has led to him being ridiculed and scorned.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2025
Imagine doing all this as a woman in fifteenth-century Europe, with three children to raise on your own, in a society that scorned women who took up a pen rather than the sewing needle.
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 23 Sep. 2025
While oud can be polarizing—prized by some for its longevity and scorned by others for its animalic bite—the version in this bottle is rounder, creamier, and more nuanced than your standard-issue oud oil, with a clarity that feels paradoxical given its depth.
—Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 2 Sep. 2025
And here lies Democrats' biggest challenge to selling democratic socialism to voters—especially the party's scorned and thinning racial minority base.
—Jerel Ezell, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Aug. 2025
In the end, however, modernist design and an eye towards the future were ultimately scorned by the Nazi party.
—Alexandra Bregman, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
Washington's social and media elite scorned their style.
—Brian Smith, arkansasonline.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorned
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The fact that the film is named after its subject’s most beloved — and most despised by Hart himself — hit tells you everything.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
15 Oct. 2025
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Really loved, obsessively loved and despised by every critic.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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Lorincz, who is white, hated loud noise, and called police and first responders multiple times over the years claiming the children were trespassing, bothersome, threatening, and a nuisance.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
17 Oct. 2025
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And he is absolutely hated by MAGA.—
Carlo Versano,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Any naysaying about the $130 million-$140 million risk of Paul Thomas Anderson’s acclaimed A CinemaScore Leonardo DiCaprio movie One Battle After Another underperforming can be disregarded, as Warners was able to afford that audacious auteur swing.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
8 Oct. 2025
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Fujie also published a newsletter arguing that the encouraged phone limitation was not based on scientific evidence and disregarded the rights of children and young residents.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
8 Oct. 2025
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There’s a little rockiness between Mer and DeLuca when DeLuca feels disrespected and unequal in their relationship.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Your husband overreacted and disrespected you, slapping food and mocking you.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Scorned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorned. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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