scorning

Habitual scoffing and scorning is a sign of a people without hope, who have buried their talent.

Archive 2007-11-01 2007

Habitual scoffing and scorning is a sign of a people without hope, who have buried their talent.

Mature Audiences Only 2007

Jerome translates, "Thou hast not been as a harlot in scorning (that is, who ordinarily scorns) a hire offered," in order to get a larger one: nay, thou hast offered hire thyself to thy lovers (Eze 16: 33, 34).

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible 1871

Scorners that delight in scorning -- proud people that take a pleasure in hectoring all about them, jovial people that banter all mankind, and make a jest of every thing that comes in their way.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721

I recall scorning both Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and neither one of them were particularly religious.

Hullabaloo 2006

I recall scorning both Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and neither one of them were particularly religious.

Hullabaloo 2006

Fools of this type may be called scorning fools, Scorners of the Past; or destroying fools,

Manhood of Humanity. Alfred Korzybski 1914

This attachment to the work ethic was demonstrated in several songs scorning welfare.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

After months of scorning, dismissing and vilifying the Tea Partyers, E. J. Dionne concedes: "No matter how much liberals may poke fun at them, Tea Party partisans can claim victory in fundamentally altering the country's dialogue."

Right Turn: If only the left had listened to the Tea Partyers 2011

And please don't bother scorning someone else's choice.

Rifles of Interest: Montana High Country Series Ridgeline 2009