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scorned

scorned

1 5.8
Feeling hated and rejected by others
  • adjective
  • /skɔrnd/
translation icon : despreciado
  • It has been so scorned for so long and I'm thrilled to drive this one particularly because this is the nicest by turbo in the world.
  • Scorned woman

Hell hath no fury like a narcissist scorned.

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Examples

  • It is a lie that people who have been hurt and scorned and rejected by the world retreat into.

  • So first up, scorned Taylor Swift lover Jake Gyllenhaal is speaking out.

    The Drew Barrymore Show

  • And then I think this scorned employee made it his business to tell the owner.

    Rob Moore

  • If there was your most scorned ex or partner.

  • I have too often, good Lord, been scorned by Mac and cheese that looks delicious and tastes so.

  • And that one will be scorned and the winner gets buttered up by a corny grandma.

  • And yet the person who was hurt is painted as the person scorned and all that hell hath no fury BS.

  • After being unfairly dismissed, he felt like a scorned employee with no hope for the future.

  • The novel tells the story of a scorned lover seeking revenge on those who betrayed her.

  • The scorned actress vowed to prove her critics wrong after being overlooked for the role.

Synonyms

unwanted
vsscorned
120 1.0

People do not like or need it

adds emotional contempt and deliberate dismissal beyond mere undesirability
unwelcome
vsscorned
45 4.3

Not wanted and causing upset or trouble

focuses more on contempt and rejection rather than simple lack of welcome
despised
vsscorned
1 4.5

Someone people strongly dislike and look down on

is about being treated with dismissal or rejection, not only long dislike
hated
vsscorned
1 2.0

Very strongly disliked or avoided by many people

centres more on being looked down on or rejected than pure passion
detested
vsscorned
4.4

Strongly disliked or hated

expresses contempt often tied to being publicly rejected rather than pure hatred
spurned
vsscorned
6.4

Rejected suddenly by a person you love or want to be with

is broader, meaning social dismissal or contempt rather than only sudden rebuff
rejected
vsscorned
2.6

Feeling not wanted after someone says no, especially in love

adds an element of contempt or disdain beyond mere refusal
disliked
vsscorned
1.0

Not popular with many people

is stronger and includes active contempt or social rejection

Antonyms

valued
1 3.7

A person or thing that people see as important because of good qualities

How Rejected

despised
1 4.5
dismissed
3.2
scorned
1 5.8
ignored
1.6

Surface Forms

scorned positive

Morphology

scorned = scorn (transparent) = scorn + ed

The adjective 'scorned' is derived from the noun 'scorn' with the addition of the past participle suffix '-ed', indicating a state of having been treated with scorn.

Etymology

The word scorned comes from the old verb scorn, which meant 'to mock' or 'reject' someone. A helpful image is of being laughed at and pushed away, so scorned means treated with contempt or rejected.