All 4 Uses
scorn
in
Sula
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- When Sula first visited the Wright house, Helene's curdled scorn turned to butter.†
Chpt 1920 *scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- With one exception the older residents of Medallion scorned them.†
Chpt 1922scorned = disrespected or rejected
- Other mothers who had defended their children from Sula's malevolence (or who had defended their positions as mothers from Sula's scorn for the role) now had nothing to rub up against.†
Chpt 1941scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- She watched the ruckus with characteristic scorn.†
Chpt 1941
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)