ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SCORN
Schornen, from Old French escharnir, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German scerōn to behave rowdily, obsolete Dutch schern mockery.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SCORN
PRESENT
Present
I scorn
you scorn
he/she/it scorns
we scorn
you scorn
they scorn
Present continuous
I am scorning
you are scorning
he/she/it is scorning
we are scorning
you are scorning
they are scorning
Present perfect
I have scorned
you have scorned
he/she/it has scorned
we have scorned
you have scorned
they have scorned
Present perfect continuous
I have been scorning
you have been scorning
he/she/it has been scorning
we have been scorning
you have been scorning
they have been scorning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I scorned
you scorned
he/she/it scorned
we scorned
you scorned
they scorned
Past continuous
I was scorning
you were scorning
he/she/it was scorning
we were scorning
you were scorning
they were scorning
Past perfect
I had scorned
you had scorned
he/she/it had scorned
we had scorned
you had scorned
they had scorned
Past perfect continuous
I had been scorning
you had been scorning
he/she/it had been scorning
we had been scorning
you had been scorning
they had been scorning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will scorn
you will scorn
he/she/it will scorn
we will scorn
you will scorn
they will scorn
Future continuous
I will be scorning
you will be scorning
he/she/it will be scorning
we will be scorning
you will be scorning
they will be scorning
Future perfect
I will have scorned
you will have scorned
he/she/it will have scorned
we will have scorned
you will have scorned
they will have scorned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been scorning
you will have been scorning
he/she/it will have been scorning
we will have been scorning
you will have been scorning
they will have been scorning
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would scorn
you would scorn
he/she/it would scorn
we would scorn
you would scorn
they would scorn
Conditional continuous
I would be scorning
you would be scorning
he/she/it would be scorning
we would be scorning
you would be scorning
they would be scorning
Conditional perfect
I would have scorn
you would have scorn
he/she/it would have scorn
we would have scorn
you would have scorn
they would have scorn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been scorning
you would have been scorning
he/she/it would have been scorning
we would have been scorning
you would have been scorning
they would have been scorning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you scorn
we let´s scorn
you scorn
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
scorning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 QUOTES WITH «SCORN»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
scorn.
No corner of the world is free from group scorn.
A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.
'Grand Theft Auto', in its deification of antisocial behavior, is where I heap the most of my scorn.
A little disdain is not amiss; a little scorn is alluring.
The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.
The more people pointed at me in scorn the more stubborn I got and when they began calling me the Bad Girl of West Seattle High, I tried to live up to it.
Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a long way, but there are still some cultural stigmas more associated with women than men.
Fools may our scorn, not envy, raise. For envy is a kind of praise.
There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.
The hate and scorn showered on us Negro officers by our fellow Americans convinced me that there was no sense in my dying for a world ruled by them. I made up my mind that if I got through this war I would study law and use my time fighting for men who could not strike back.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SCORN»
Discover the use of
scorn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
scorn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Envy Up,
Scorn Down: How Status Divides Us
The book deftly shows that understanding envy and scorn—and seeking to mitigate their effects—can prove invaluable to our lives, our relationships, and our society.
2
Day of Lightning, Years of
Scorn: Walter C. Short and the ...
In examining the general's entire career, Anderson places Short in the context of the early-twentieth-century Army and offers a new assessment of the various investigations and a new interpretation of the general's conduct in the face of ...
Charles Robert Anderson, 2005
3
Love and
Scorn: New and Selected Poems
This collection will most assuredly find Frost new readers and thrill those already acquainted with her work.
Women scorned seem to be willing to sacrifice everything to destroy the men they supposedly love. But who ever hears anything about what women scorned do to pulverize their children's innocence and to decimate their love for their fathers?
5
Scorn of Women: In Three Acts (1906)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Cindy S. Schermerhorn LaComb. from the start was more than she could handle.
She was furious with all she had just learned. Being angered to her core stiffened
her and somehow strengthened her. Yes, she knew, now more than ever, she ...
Cindy S. Schermerhorn LaComb, 2010
7
Dalliance &
Scorn: Poems
'Alan Gould is not noted for being a poet of light verse, but with this volume he has achieved what brewers of light beer aim for: strength without the hangover.' - Australian Book Review. 'Gould's virtuosity is a sheer joy.' - Quadrant
8
In
Scorn of Consequence; Or, My Brother's Keeper
The collection includes major and minor works from a period which saw the development and triumph of the English novel.
Scorn Scorn, like envy, is also a negative emotion directed toward others. Scorn,
or contempt, connotes that the other "cannot" (e.g., he or she does not have
ability or is perceived as incapable). It therefore involves a downward social ...
Michael Burden - the Editor of this stimulating volume - was Lecturer in Music at New College, Oxford, from 1989, and since1995 has been Fellow in Opera Studies at New College.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SCORN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
scorn is used in the context of the following news items.
China's Stock Sale Ban Draws Scorn From Templeton, Wells Fargo
China's Stock Sale Ban Draws Scorn From Templeton, Wells Fargo. by Ye XieBelinda Cao. July 8, 2015 — 3:56 PM PDT Updated on July 9, 2015 — 12:55 AM ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
Chinese City Defends Dog Meat Festival, Despite Scorn
YULIN, China — It was the night before the summer solstice, and the tables at a streetside food stall here were set for the annual feast: steamed pumpkin, ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
Strange bedfellows unite in scorn of high-tech visa program
Sens. Jeff Sessions and Dick Durbin do not agree on much, but they have at least one common foe: companies that take advantage of the country's visa program ... «Washington Examiner, Jun 15»
Steve Kerr embraces his inner Belichick — so where's the scorn?
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr answers a question -- maybe truthfully, maybe not -- during a press conference following Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Photo: AP ... «New York Post, Jun 15»
Notoriety and Scorn Shadow Clinton Prison
Clinton Correctional Facility, the state prison where two men serving murder sentences were discovered missing on Saturday morning, is a tough place to do ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
China's Publishers Court America as Its Authors Scorn Censorship
A few years ago, the Chinese writer Murong Xuecun had the kind of career most novelists dream about. His eight books had sold two million copies in China, ... «New York Times, May 15»
Target of Greek scorn shapes nation's fate as IMF's storm-chaser
His role has made him an object of scorn in Greece, where spending cuts and tax increases have sparked protests. A man was arrested in Athens in 2013 for ... «Kathimerini, May 15»
Full of skill, scorn and telling insights
Dermot Bolger's last work of fiction was the 2012 novella The Fall of Ireland, which was set in a country whose economy had just collapsed and whose ... «Irish Independent, May 15»
Violence revealed state's scorn for South Africans
However, when a government shows scorn for its own people, the situation is pretty depressing. We are not so much in danger of exploding as of rotting. «BDlive, May 15»
The Price We Pay for Conservative Scorn of Amtrak
The answer to that question is easy: conservative scorn for Amtrak, which has been under sustained attack almost from the time it was created, and which has ... «BillMoyers.com, May 15»
