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scorned

Verb
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

Treated with disdain, contempt, or outright rejection; describes a rejected lover or dismissed idea in dramatic poetry.

Detailed Definition
Scorned means rejected with contempt or disdain. The poem uses it to show that even being looked down on can become part of the speaker’s strength.
Example
Example in poetry:
“And the joy of being shunned and scorned,” makes scorned a participle of public contempt; Shakespeare’s “the spurns / That patient merit of th’ unworthy takes” similarly evokes scorn; “She was scorned for singing too loudly” shows the verb’s social cruelty; Contemporary-style example: “Online, he scorned her name, then praised her silence”
Additional Notes
The word is somewhat literary and may be less familiar than simpler alternatives like disliked or hated.; Found in the poem, Defeat by Kahlil Gibran
Also Known As
disdained rejected derided contemned
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