SCORNED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does scorned mean? 

• SCORNED (adjective)
  The adjective SCORNED has 1 sense:

1. treated with dislike or contempt

  Familiarity information: SCORNED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCORNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Treated with dislike or contempt

Synonyms:

despised; detested; hated; scorned

Similar:

unloved (not loved)

 Context examples 

I have shut them up by a charm between two mountains, said the dwarf, because they were proud and ill-behaved, and scorned to ask advice.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You know your castle wouldn't be perfect without, said blunt Jo, who had no tender fancies yet, and rather scorned romance, except in books.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

“He is surely some very great man, for he looks as though he scorned those who were about him.”

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There had been a time when he would have scorned her as a companion, and turned from her with little ceremony.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Yes; I feel now that I was right when I adhered to principle and law, and scorned and crushed the insane promptings of a frenzied moment.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Had Lydia's marriage been concluded on the most honourable terms, it was not to be supposed that Mr. Darcy would connect himself with a family where, to every other objection, would now be added an alliance and relationship of the nearest kind with a man whom he so justly scorned.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A glance at the old chest, as she turned away from this examination, was not without its use; she scorned the causeless fears of an idle fancy, and began with a most happy indifference to prepare herself for bed.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

But when the proud princess perceived that he was not her equal in birth, she scorned him, and required him first to perform another task.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

He also advised me to be composed; I scorned the insinuation of helplessness and distraction, shook off his hand, and began to walk about again.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Ah, so it is, indeed, said Sir Nigel, puckering his cheeks; but wayside ventures are not to be scorned, for I have seen no finer passages than are to be had from such chance meetings, when cavaliers are willing to advance themselves.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)