All 3 Uses
scorn
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Dreaming in Cuban
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- Celia wanted to tell Jorge how his mother and his sister, Ofelia, scorned her, how they ate together in the evenings without inviting her.†
Chpt 1.3 *scorned = disrespected or rejected
- She scorns the militant words blaring on billboards everywhere.†
Chpt 2.8scorns = disrespects or rejects as not valuable enough
- This is just like her daughter, scornful and impudent.†
Chpt 2.9scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
Definitions:
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(1)
(scorn) disrespect or reject as not good enough
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)