scorned
/skɔɹnd/adjective, verb
scorned is spelled S-C-O-R-N-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, scorned means “Hated, despised, or avoided” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in scorned?
| Letters | 7: S-C-O-R-N-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,063rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is scorned?
Scorned appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scorned?
- US /skɔɹnd/
- UK /skɔːnd/
Scorned has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-scorned.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with scorned?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scorned from its last stressed vowel (/ɔɹnd/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of scorned
- more scorned comparative
- most scorned superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scorned mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Hated, despised, or avoided.
Zucchini and cauliflower seem to be widely scorned vegetables.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of scorn
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scorned in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense hated, despised, or avoided:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | verachtet, zurückgewiesen, abgewiesen, gemieden |
| Spanish | despreciado, rechazado, desdeñado, menospreciado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.