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Collocations for scorn - noun

ADJECTIVE

withering
She reserved her most withering scorn for journalists.
public
He has suffered public scorn and humiliation.

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VERB + scorn

heap, pour
Abuse and scorn were heaped upon the new tax.
reserve
He reserved particular scorn for the director.
deserve
What have I done to deserve such scorn?

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PREPOSITION

with scorn
He stared with scorn at his interviewers.
scorn for
He didn't try to hide his scorn for our way of doing things.

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PHRASES

an object of scorn
His poetry was the object of scorn.

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