Spurned vs. Scorned — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Spurned and Scorned
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Spurned
To reject with disdain or contempt. ]
Scorned
Contempt or disdain felt toward a person or object considered despicable or unworthy
Viewed his rivals with scorn.
Spurned
Simple past tense and past participle of spurn
Scorned
The expression of such an attitude in behavior or speech; derision
Heaped scorn upon his rivals.
Spurned
Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning;
Jilted at the altar
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Scorned
The state of being despised or dishonored
Held in scorn by his rivals.
Scorned
(Archaic) One spoken of or treated with contempt.
Scorned
To consider or treat as contemptible or unworthy
An artist who was scorned by conservative critics.
Scorned
To reject or refuse with derision
Scorned their offer of help.
Scorned
To consider or reject (doing something) as beneath one's dignity
"She disapproved so heartily of Flora's plan that she would have scorned to assist in the concoction of a single oily sentence" (Stella Gibbons).
Scorned
Hated, despised, or avoided.
Zucchini and cauliflower seem to be widely scorned vegetables.
Scorned
Simple past tense and past participle of scorn
Scorned
Treated with contempt
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