scorned

Example Sentences

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There are few things more universally powerful than a mama’s boy scorned.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Church scorned French Impressionism as slapdash, and Ms. Johnson suggests that his work became less popular simply because it was superseded by a more innovative style.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Hell hath no fury like a Lily Allen scorned.

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

However, he has scorned the description of Opendoor as a meme stock, describing it instead as a “cult stock.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 6, 2025

The world had caught him; pleasure, covetousness, idleness, and finally also that vice that he had always despised and scorned as the most foolish—acquisitiveness.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse