scornedadj.
/skɔːnd/ Despised, contemptible.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adjective]
despect1447
contemned1552
unesteemeda1557
mongrela1594
cheap1597
disdained1598
scorned1598
despised1599
dog cheap1606
dishonourable1611
disprizeda1616
jadeda1616
disesteemed1618
misprized1702
disparaged1802
unappreciated1828
vilipended1836
flouted1859
mal vu1904
1598 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Horace De Arte Poetica in Queen Elizabeth's Englishings (1899) 151 The hilz ther frute do yeld, a skorned mouse is born.
1616 T. Scot 2nd Pt. Philomythie sig. C The crested Horse..with head Tost in the ayre his hardned hoofes doth tread The scornd earth with contempt.
a1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Knight of Malta i. i, in Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iiiii4/1 The wages of scorn'd Love is banefull hate.
a1704 T. Brown Satire upon Quack in Wks. (1720) I. 71 Be the most scorn'd Jack-Pudding in the Pack.
a1882 C. Rossetti Poems (1904) 176/2 The scorned thief who hangs by Thee.
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