Scorning

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who scorns.

    "But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scorn form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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disdain

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"But it pleased her to play on my passion / And whet me to pleadings / That won from her mirthful negations / And scornings undue."

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