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scorning

The correct spelling is scorning.

How to pronounce scorning

verb

Say it like: Sco-rni-ng

The correct spelling is scorning. To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise. For example: "He scorned her romantic advances."

Usage Examples

He scorned her romantic advances.

She scorned to show weakness.

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
  2. 2.To reject, turn down.
  3. 3.To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
  4. 4.To scoff, to express contempt.

noun

  1. 1.The act of one who scorns.

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