All 8 Uses
scorn
in
Macbeth
(Edited)
- He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear
His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear.p. 111.9 - He shall spurn fate, scorn death, and bear
His hopes 'bove wisdom, grace, and fear.p. 124.1 - Laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.p. 125.7 * - Laugh to scorn
The power of man, for none of woman born
Shall harm Macbeth.p. 136.9 * - Our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn.p. 177.2 - Our castle's strength
Will laugh a siege to scorn.p. 200.3 - But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.p. 183.4 - But swords I smile at, weapons laugh to scorn,
Brandish'd by man that's of a woman born.p. 208.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)