All 7 Uses of
scorn
in
Oliver Twist
- 'Oh, you queer soul!' said Charlotte, bursting into a hearty laugh, in which she was joined by Noah; after which they both looked scornfully at poor Oliver Twist, as he sat shivering on the box in the coldest corner of the room, and ate the stale pieces which had been specially reserved for him.†
Chpt 5
- But, now that fortune had cast in his way a nameless orphan, at whom even the meanest could point the finger of scorn, he retorted on him with interest.†
Chpt 5 *
- 'I'd scorn to be anything else.'†
Chpt 18
- 'Pooh!' said the Jew, scornfully.†
Chpt 26
- But those connections are proud; and I will neither mingle with such as may hold in scorn the mother who gave me life; nor bring disgrace or failure on the son of her who has so well supplied that mother's place.†
Chpt 35
- 'A lady!' was the reply, accompanied with a scornful look.†
Chpt 39
- Nancy remained, pale and almost breathless, listening with quivering lip to the very audible expressions of scorn, of which the chaste housemaids were very prolific; and of which they became still more so, when the man returned, and said the young woman was to walk upstairs.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough