All 5 Uses of
scorn
in
Main Street
- It was not the wind at her back, it was the thrust of Bjornstam's scorn which carried her through town.†
Chpt 10 *
- Del Snafflin the barber, who was as much a professional as Ella, having once gone on in a mob scene at a stock-company performance in Minneapolis, was making them up, and showing his scorn for amateurs with, "Stand still!†
Chpt 18
- She told herself that she did not want part of him; unless he gave her all his devotion she would never let him touch her; and when she found that she was probably lying, she burned with scorn.†
Chpt 21
- It is contentment …. the contentment of the quiet dead, who are scornful of the living for their restless walking.†
Chpt 22
- He saw Carol, slim black and ivory, cool, scornful of intrigue.†
Chpt 25
Definition:
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(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough