I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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heap
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She heaped her scorn on what became his tentatively offered ideas.
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Daily newspapers heaped scorn on the Sierra Club for considering the anti-immigration measure.
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On the way back my sisters sat in the front with me, heaping scorn on mere pedestrians.
pour
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But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
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It was on the tip of her tongue to pour scorn and disbelief on the idea of Guy liking ballet.
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His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.
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It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.
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So many hon. Members have poured scorn , but what makes a political society work?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
pour scorn on sb/sth
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Iraqi Radio poured scorn on the concept of "a new world order."
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But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
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His complicity, if proved, would be a sensation, but even his critics poured scorn on the accusation.
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It was this last bit that caused the problem, and critics have poured scorn on the advice ever since.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But remember my scorn for the so-called airtight argument!
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But Washington last night poured scorn on Mr Chretien's veto claim.
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I vacillated between the false potency of scorn and feelings of ineptitude.
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Rosie said with that upper lip twisting in scorn .
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Who stare at us with incredulous scorn .
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Wrong to fear fitzAlan's impatience or scorn .
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Many young people scorn polite behaviour as insincere.
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My kids used to scorn my politics as right-wing selfishness.
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Skinner's ideas were scorned by many American psychologists.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Admired by the young and scorned by the old.
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As they undressed and put their worn-out shoes beneath their beds, they again scorned the efforts of the soldier.
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Hell hath no fury like a user scorned.
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It is too valuable a document of human heartbreak and muddle to be scorned or dismissed.
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Many scorned it but rapturous press reviews helped push the record up into the high altitudes of the independent chart.
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Marry as I order you or I brand you as wanton for everyone to scorn .
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The limits of convention were hers to scorn .
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Where glues are concerned, I, personally, would not scorn to wear both a belt and braces.