Word: scorned
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...cold war, one of the left's more common calumnies was that cold warriors carried on against the Soviets because of some desperate psychological need for an enemy. Indeed, went the charge, Ronald Reagan and his ilk demonized the Soviet Union -- "evil empire" was a designation received with scorn in better circles -- to satisfy a deep Manichaean need for a world of black and white...
...abuse is a distinctive variation on the nerd bashing that almost all bright, ambitious students -- no matter what their color -- face at some point in their young lives. The anti-achievement ethic championed by some black youngsters declares formal education useless; those who disagree and study hard face isolation, scorn and violence. While educators have recognized the existence of an anti-achievement culture for at least a decade, it has only recently emerged as a dominant theme among the troubles facing urban schools...
...These people have been here all weekend," she whispered, with a look of scorn. "They're called NuSkin...
...hoards of spectators that come from around Italy and Europe are not welcome and are treated like outsiders. The citizens scorn foreigners who intrude upon the most momentous event of their year...
...past two weeks, print and broadcast news editors who normally scorn supermarket tabloids have struggled over how to cover a story engineered by one, concerning a top-priority subject: presidential politics. When the Star, its cover splashed with scarlet, citron and purple, asserted that Gennifer Flowers enjoyed a 12-year affair with Democratic candidate Bill Clinton -- in an issue that also retailed movie star Harrison Ford's "brush with death" (resulting in four stitches) and a household "ghostbusting" by rocker Joseph McIntyre of New Kids on the Block -- "real" journalists scoffed. The interview with Flowers was tainted, they said...