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as in disdained
to show contempt for
scorned the religious traditions of their ancestors
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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
Like a lot of messy divorces, this started with a wandering eye, a lover scorned and boils down to the money.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Watch this episode for Edie Falco's fiery, Emmy-winning performance as a woman both exhausted and scorned.
—Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
However, Eleanor is not a woman to be scorned.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
Western sunniness about coexistence with China, of the Tom Friedman kind, should be scorned.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Now that scorned versatile player might want to stick it to the 49ers, who’ve allowed six touchdowns to tight ends in the past six games.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
Spider, the human, is scorned by Neytiri and feels anguish over his own identity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
And then there were some who, if willing to grant that the sneakers were real and from a future launch, scorned Staple nonetheless for continuing to fixate on a 20-year-old success much like a former high-school quarterback dwelling on his glory days.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Long before that, Watson scorned political correctness.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 21 Jan. 2026
Watch this episode for Edie Falco's fiery, Emmy-winning performance as a woman both exhausted and scorned.
—Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Dec. 2025
However, Eleanor is not a woman to be scorned.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2025
Western sunniness about coexistence with China, of the Tom Friedman kind, should be scorned.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Now that scorned versatile player might want to stick it to the 49ers, who’ve allowed six touchdowns to tight ends in the past six games.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 Dec. 2025
Spider, the human, is scorned by Neytiri and feels anguish over his own identity.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2025
And then there were some who, if willing to grant that the sneakers were real and from a future launch, scorned Staple nonetheless for continuing to fixate on a 20-year-old success much like a former high-school quarterback dwelling on his glory days.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 11 Dec. 2025
Long before that, Watson scorned political correctness.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scorned
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Even if the 23rd French president’s time behind bars is cut short, the sound of any jailhouse door hitting him in the rear would be a sweet one for the many, many who disdained his right-wing politics and spectacular thirst for attention.—
Alexandra Marshall,
Air Mail,
1 Nov. 2025
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According to the lawyers, Ballard set up a meeting between Gorrin and then-Vice President Mike Pence in 2017 at a political event in Doral with members of the Venezuelan diaspora, who despised Maduro.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
6 Feb. 2026
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An unofficial list provided by the Rhode Island Invasive Species Council includes a number of aggressive plants that are widely despised by gardeners, such as Norway maple, Oriental bittersweet, Tree of Heaven, autumn olive, garlic mustard and Japanese knotweed.—
Antonia Noori Farzan,
The Providence Journal,
26 Jan. 2026
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Her daughter hated when people talked about others behind their backs.—
Madeline Buckley,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Feb. 2026
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Even all of us people who hated the evil empire of Brady-Bill Belichick can’t help but secretly respect this version of the Patriots.—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Feb. 2026
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Then, as Musk has been prone to do, the former presidential adviser disregarded much of his previous explanation and said that building a civilization on Mars was still an option, just that building on the Moon is SpaceX’s current priority.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Feb. 2026
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This is not to suggest the poll should be disregarded.—
U T Editorial Board,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Jan. 2026
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In the video, the Kalogeras Sisters said they felt disrespected by staff and attacked by the comics in the audience.—
Anthony Solorzano,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2026
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Rachel McAdams stars as Linda Liddle, a socially awkward and widely disrespected employee at a company headed by sexist nepo-baby CEO Bradley Preston (Dylan O’Brien).—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Scorned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scorned. Accessed 17 Feb. 2026.
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