All 5 Uses
scorn
in
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
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- "A witch my foot," she said scornfully.†
Chpt 10 *scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- A craftsman of the old school, he scorned progress.†
Chpt 16scorned = disrespected or rejected
- She was afraid to go home, afraid that Mama would make scornful shame of her.†
Chpt 19scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
- "They say God's so great," said Francie scornfully, "and knows everything and can do everything.†
Chpt 37scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- "What kind of people do you think we are?" asked Francie scornfully as she displayed a modest layette consisting of four handmade flannel kimonos, four bands, a dozen hand-hemmed diapers and four threadbare shirts which she and Neeley had worn in turn as babies.†
Chpt 40
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)