All 10 Uses
scorn
in
Uprising, by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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- "It's not a very good one, if their clothes are any indication," Miss Milhouse said scornfully.†
p. 40.2 *scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- The woman fixed Yetta with a glare that seemed to scorn holey shoes, Jews, Italians, immigrants, and anyone else without marble foyers.†
p. 160.4scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- "Oh, please," Miss Milhouse said scornfully.†
p. 161.3scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- Miss Milhouse asked, putting a particularly scornful emphasis on the words "working girl."†
p. 163.9scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
- She remembered what Eleanor had said, the scorn in her voice when she hissed, "What's my choice?†
p. 217.7scorn = disrespect or reject as not good enough
- Jane didn't want Yetta and Bella to think that she was similarly scornful.†
p. 217.8scornful = full of strong disrespect or rejection
- He looked appropriately scornful, as if he knew about the tenement, knew that chrysanthemums were out of style on hats.†
p. 223.9
- Those cutters and their cigarettes," Yetta said scornfully.†
p. 271.3scornfully = in a disrespectful or rejecting manner
- Everybody knows that," Millicent said scornfully.†
p. 277.2
- For a second Jane could see Miss Milhouse's scornful countenance looming ahead of her in the fire.†
p. 300.6scornful = 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)