scorned
Treated with disdain
Scorned is the past tense of scorn, meaning to treat with contempt or reject disdainfully.
A scorned lover has been spurned or cast aside: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Scorned ideas or proposals have been dismissed with disdain.
The word carries emotional weight—not just rejected, but rejected with contempt.
Persistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
banished · blacklisted · exiled · marginalized · isolated · untouchable · persona non grata · blackballed
Scornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- sneerScornful expression
disparagement · disrespect · scoff · rebuff · slight · insult · taunt · jeering
Rejected with contempt
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
- dismissedReleased from duty
unwanted · refused · repudiated · cast aside · turned away · brushed off · passed over · unrequited
Intensely hated
- detestedIntensely disliked
- abhorredFelt intense revulsion toward
- reviledHarshly criticized, deeply hated
- hatedRegarded with intense dislike
vilified · execrated · maligned · denounced · condemned · demonized · anathema · cursed
Brought into shame
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- mortifiedIntensely embarrassed
- degradedReduced in rank or quality
demeaned · embarrassed · stigmatized · debased · discredited · diminished · lowered · brought low
shunned
Persistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- excludedShut out, denied entry
- pariahRejected, shunned person
alienated · banished · blacklisted · exiled · marginalized · isolated · untouchable · persona non grata · blackballed · excommunicated
disdain
Scornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
sneer · disparagement · disrespect · scoff · rebuff · slight · insult · taunt · jeering · belittlement
spurned
Rejected with contempt
- jiltedAbruptly rejected romantically
- rebuffedRejected someone's advances
- snubbedIntentionally disregarded
dismissed · unwanted · refused · repudiated · cast aside · turned away · brushed off · passed over · unrequited · dumped
loathed
Intensely hated
- detestedIntensely disliked
- abhorredFelt intense revulsion toward
- reviledHarshly criticized, deeply hated
hated · vilified · execrated · maligned · denounced · condemned · demonized · anathema · cursed · damned
disgraced
Brought into shame
- shamedMade to feel disgrace
- dishonoredBrought shame upon
- mortifiedIntensely embarrassed
degraded · demeaned · embarrassed · stigmatized · debased · discredited · diminished · lowered · brought low · put down
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- reputationreputation, reputable, bad reputation, repute, disreputable
- wrongedabused, mistreated, victimized, exploited, oppressed
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- humiliationashamed, abasement, embarrassed, chagrin, mortified
- scorned loverPerson romantically rejected
- scorned woman
- woman scorned
- heap scorn