When it was clear that Elgar had disregarded his promise, and, for whatever reason, did not even seek to justify or excuse himself, there came upon Mallard a strong mood of scorn, which for some hours enabled him to act as though all his anxiety were at an end.īelieve this and it surely follows, as concave implies convex, that by daily converse and association with these great ones we take their breeding, their manners, earn their magnanimity, make ours their gifts of courtesy, unselfishness, mansuetude, high seated pride, scorn of pettiness, wholesome plentiful jovial laughter. In his mind he was seeing Burra, sneering his scorn at a man who let a woman rule him. I was listening to the philosophical discourses of the Bonze, every word of which I heard and understood, and was trying to laugh him to scorn. Scorned by the One God of whose son he was begotten, Elua trod with bare feet on the bosom of his mother Earth and wandered singing, and where he went, flowers bloomed in his footprints.īefore three short months had passed, Sergeant Campbell and Miss Bloomer observed more than once the finger of scorn pointed at them. It was typical of the Antler Kindred to react with fear, Katara thought with scorn. Syn: Contempt disdain derision contumely despite slight To laugh to scorn, to deride to make a mock of to ``He thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai To think scorn, to regard as worthy of scorn or contempt Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, a scornĪnd a derision to them that are round about us. Scorn at first makes after love the more.Īn act or expression of extreme contempt.īut fanned the fuel that too fast did burn.Īn object of extreme disdain, contempt, or derision. escorner toĮxtreme and lofty contempt haughty disregard thatĭisdain which springs from the opinion of the utter

scorn, scarn, scharn, OF.Įscarn, escharn, eschar, of German origin cf.

Bloviated scorn