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Definition
disrespect or reject as not good enough
- No, he scorned the base insinuation.2.3 — A Disappointment (18% in)
- He asked the question with some appearance of scorn.2.11 — A Companion Picture (53% in)
- An hour or two hence, and the low companions and low habits that I scorn but yield to, will render me less worth such tears as those, than any wretch who creeps along the streets.2.13 — The Fellow of No Delicacy (85% in)
- Madame Defarge looked at her scornfully, but still with something of Miss Pross's own perception that they two were at bay.3.14 — The Knitting Done (67% in)
There are no more uses of "scorn" in A Tale of Two Cities.
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