Both Uses
scorn
in
The Bell Jar
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- Buddy Willard and the other college boys I knew were usually too poor to buy hard liquor or they scorned drinking altogether.†
Chpt 1 *scorned = disrespected or rejected
- I let out a scornful laugh.†
Chpt 8scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)