All 3 Uses of
scorn
in
The Jungle Book
- "Keep count!" shouted Mowgli scornfully.
Chpt 5.scornfully = with a strong disrespect or disdain
- All the same he would have scorned to look at or touch one of his wounds.
Chpt 7.scorned = rejected as beneath him
- "Do you think a snake-killer kills muskrats?" said Rikki-tikki scornfully.
Chpt 9. *scornfully = in a disdainful manner (as though too good to do such work)
Definition:
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(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough