All 11 Uses
scorn
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Lonesome Dove
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- He treated danger with light contempt or open scorn, and scorn was about all he seemed to have for Pedro Flores, although Pedro had held on to his stony empire through forty violent years.†
Chpt 9-10scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- He treated danger with light contempt or open scorn, and scorn was about all he seemed to have for Pedro Flores, although Pedro had held on to his stony empire through forty violent years.†
Chpt 9-10
- Jasper had concluded that the best way would be to pelt him with small rocks, although such caution would only earn him the scorn of the rest of the hands.†
Chpt 21-22 *
- When they saw Mr. Augustus ride up with Lippy, some of the hands thought it might be a joke, but the Captain at once put him in charge of the horses, an action that moved Dish Boggett to scorn.†
Chpt 23-24
- They spent an hour patching on the wagon, a vehicle Augustus regarded with scorn.†
Chpt 25-25
- Dan and Roy both poured scorn on little Eddie if he slipped up in his chores or made a remark they disagreed with.†
Chpt 68-69
- The only man of the company who escaped their scorn was Frog Lip—they seldom spoke to him, and he seldom spoke, but everyone knew he was there.†
Chpt 68-69
- The man scorned Call.†
Chpt 85-86scorned = disrespected or rejected
- "It don't do to scorn W. F. Call," he said.†
Chpt 85-86scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- "Tastes fine," he said, but Clara looked annoyed, or scornful, or somehow displeased.†
Chpt 99-100scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
- She had a look of scorn in her eyes, which puzzled him, since he was merely carrying out the request of the man who had loved her for so long.†
Chpt 101-102scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)