scorned
Example Sentences
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However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”
From MarketWatch
If elected, he would be the city's first Muslim mayor and far-right Republicans have scorned a video he issued in Arabic to supporters in the famously diverse city.
From Barron's
"To my father's disappointment, I was a soft and sensitive kid. The neighbourhood gang of kids bullied me, and my father and adult brother scorned me for not fighting back," he remembers.
From BBC
He hated the government and scorned taxes, which the government noticed.
From Los Angeles Times
Hailed by some as a hero and scorned by others as a traitor, Hong Kong's pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is in the final stage of his national security trial.
From BBC
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