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Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scorned} (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Scoring}.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF.
   escarnir, escharnir. See {Scorn}, n.]
   1. To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of
      regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain.

            I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.  --Shak.

            This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those
            who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.

            We scorn what is in itself contemptible or
            disgraceful.                          --C. J. Smith.

   2. To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of
      insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.

            His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to
            laugh, and scorned him full fast.     --Chaucer.

            To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously. --Shak.

   Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See {Contemn}.

Source : WordNet®

scorned
     adj : treated with contempt [syn: {despised}, {detested}, {hated}]
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