scorned
past simple and past participle ofscorn
| 单词 | scorned |
| 释义 | scorned past simple and past participle ofscorn scorn verb[T] uk/skɔːn/us/skɔːrn/to show scorn for someone or something: So does herespectthepressandmedia, or does hesecretlyscorn them? You scorned all mysuggestions. torefuseadviceor anofferbecause you are tooproud: She scorned all myoffersofhelp. Treating as unimportant
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Refusing & rejecting Examplesofscornedscorned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The conservative merchantryscornedformal schooling as the devised snare that threatened to lure their sons away from the family firm and the merchant estate. From theCambridge English Corpus Given these definitions, reflexivity may be either an intended or an unintended property of social science; it may be desired orscorned, elaborated or denied. From theCambridge English Corpus The ingrates, formerly beautiful women, must now live as pathetic and horrifyingly ugly souls because theyscornedtheir suitors. From theCambridge English Corpus Widelyscornedwithin the philosophical community in the 1940s and 1950s, the book, said some positivist philosophers, was a less-than-careful statement of their doctrines. From theCambridge English Corpus This practice wasscornedby a nave newcomer who prided herself on being sensible and intellii gent. From theCambridge English Corpus Medieval moralistsscornedany form of profit as "usury," seeing it as unjust exchange. From theCambridge English Corpus Hescornedthe device suggested by the author of flinging himself into an armchair. From theCambridge English Corpus Even more incongruously it had made him a figure to be courted, albeit not always with great appetite, by the cultural and artistic intelligentsia that had heretoforescornedhim. From theCambridge English Corpus Really, they were little better than the meridian of the earth, which he had justscorned, because the solid theoretical explanation of invariance was still lacking. From theCambridge English Corpus Nietzsche repeatedlyscornedanyone who would follow another master. From theCambridge English Corpus Now she regrets her pride because she fears that her true lover has found another sweetheart and that it will be her turn to bescorned. From theCambridge English Corpus Glaucus's unhappiness is a new triumph for the enemy whom he hadscorned. From theCambridge English Corpus Shescornedthe possibility that these virtues were exploited as a form of social control, and saw hypocrisy as in essence ethical, upholding standards whatever one's personal failures. From theCambridge English Corpus Along these lines, it is sometimes argued that the favored social security program was designed for men earning wages and thescornedwelfare program was designed for women with children. From theCambridge English Corpus Servescornedthe assumptions behind this bounty. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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