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These groups deserve shame, scorn and diplomatic rebuke — not fawning sympathy and United Nations red carpets.

Is the solution electing a governor for blue California, who — if not openly scorning the state’s millions of Republicans — is willing to render them politically powerless?

If anything, the contrast between his self-importance and his actual worthlessness is drawing louder scorn all the time.

From Salon

The father beat the son regularly, and scorned nonreligious music as the devil’s work.

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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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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