scorned
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Scorn \Scorn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scorned (sk[^o]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Scoring.] [OE. scornen, scarnen, schornen, OF. escarnir, escharnir. See Scorn, n.]
1.To hold in extreme contempt; to reject as unworthy of regard; to despise; to contemn; to disdain. [1913 Webster]
I scorn thy meat; 't would choke me.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
This my long sufferance, and my day of grace, Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.— Milton.[1913 Webster]
We scorn what is in itself contemptible or disgraceful.— C. J. Smith.[1913 Webster]
2.To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride. [1913 Webster]
His fellow, that lay by his bed's side, Gan for to laugh, and scorned him full fast.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]
To taunt and scorn you thus opprobriously.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
Syn: To contemn; despise; disdain. See Contemn. [1913 Webster]