scorned
Example Sentences
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"Like it or not, Kenilworth Road is real life, proper old school football, and it should be embraced or scorned upon at your peril," wrote Mr Sweet.
From BBC
While many punk fans scorned Sum 41 and other groups like it as safe and conventional, pop-punk fans said the music was part of the soundtrack of their youth.
From New York Times
He scorned the case in Wednesday posts on his Truth Social platform, saying Carroll was promoting a "fraudulent & false story" and calling her lawyer a "political operative."
From Reuters
I never read that Miss Barrymore scorned to accept the Oscar from one of her four movie acting nominations, nor the paydays that came with it.
From Los Angeles Times
But the defendant claimed his activities were due to his work as a "high-level" cannabis dealer and the witness, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was lying because she was a "woman scorned".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
