English hyphenation

Hyphenation of “scorned”

The standard US-English hyphenation shown for scorned is scorned, with 0 possible break points in this result.

US English hyphenation
scorned
1 segments0 break points
British English pattern result scorned The GB pattern set returns the same result for this word.
Wordscorned
Hyphenationscorned
Break points0
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationskɔːn
Meaning & usage

What does “scorned” mean?

scorned: feel or express contempt or disdain for.

Headwordscorn
Part of speechverb
Pronunciationskɔːn
1
verb

feel or express contempt or disdain for.

Example: “he tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself”

Synonyms:
contemn deride disdain dismiss disparage misprize mock scout slight be contemptuous about be scornful about blow raspberries at +19 more
Antonyms:
Word breaks

How “scorned” is split

scorned

For US English, the hyphenation result is scorned. This gives 0 possible line-break points in the returned pattern. The British-English pattern set returns the same split.

Quick answers

Questions about “scorned”

How do you hyphenate “scorned”?

In the US-English result used here, scorned is hyphenated as scorned.

Where can “scorned” break at the end of a line?

The returned US pattern contains 0 possible break points.

What does “scorned” mean?

feel or express contempt or disdain for.

Can you use “scorned” in a sentence?

“he tended to scorn technological advances he did not come up with himself”

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