All 4 Uses
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- Pardon, this troop I cannot follow after
With lofty speech, though by them scorned and spurned:
My pathos certainly would move Thy laughter,
If Thou hadst not all merriment unlearned.†scorned = disrespected or rejected - MEPHISTOPHELES
A question small, it seems,
For one whose mind the Word so much despises;
Who, scorning all external gleams,
The depths of being only prizes.†*scorning = disrespecting or rejecting as not good enough - With this ecstasy,
Which brings me near and nearer to the Gods,
Thou gav'st the comrade, whom I now no more
Can do without, though, cold and scornful, he
Demeans me to myself, and with a breath,
A word, transforms thy gifts to nothingness.†scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection - MARGARET (returning home)
How scornfully I once reviled,
When some poor maiden was beguiled!†scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)