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On his brow, instead of the old deep melancholy, sat a proud, gloomy gravity; and a strange muscular play about his mouth and cheek at times expressed a most uncanny kind of scorn.Statt der tiefen Schwermut lag jetzt ein düstrer stolzer Ernst auf der Stirn und ein seltsames Muskelspiel um Mund und Wange sprach bisweilen recht unheimlichen Hohn aus.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
The bitter scorn and rage which the soul, imprisoned as it is in earthly conditions of being and action, often vividly feels, Krespel carries out, or expresses, into external life, by extraordinarily frantic gesticulations and hare jumps.Den bittern Hohn, wie der, in das irdische Tun und Treiben eingeschachtete Geist ihn wohl oft bei der Hand hat, führt Krespel aus in tollen Gebärden und geschickten Hasensprüngen.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Throughout the Lincoln-Douglas debates, for example, people shouted encouragement to the speakers ("You tell 'em, Abe!") or voiced terse expressions of scorn ("Answer that one, if you can").Die Zuhörer bei den Debatten zwischen Lincoln und Douglas etwa feuerten die Redner immer wieder durch Zurufe an (»Sag's ihm, Abel«) oder brachten mit knappen Einwürfen ihren Spott zum Ausdruck (»Darauf antworte mal, wenn du kannst!«).Postman, Neil / Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil / Wir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der UnterhaltungsindustrieWir amüsieren uns zu Tode: Urteilsbildung im Zeitalter der UnterhaltungsindustriePostman, Neil© by Neil Postman, 1985© S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main 1985Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show BusinessPostman, Neil© Neil Postman, 1985
He looked down into the grounds of Sorrento: the tears rolled down his cheeks. Ah!' he cried, ' how deeply, how incurably deeply, thou-Eternal Power that rulest all things, does thy bitter scorn and mockery wound the tender hearts of poor humanity!Er schaute hinein in Sorrent, die Tränen stürzten ihm aus den Augen. »Ach«, rief er, »wie tief, wie unheilbar tief verletzt dein bittrer Hohn, du ewig waltende Macht, des armen Menschen weiche Brust!Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Half still alarmed, half glowing in anger, Heinrich cried: 'And who may you be, who know me and think you can attack me here with contumely and scorn?"« Halb noch in Entsetzen, halb in aufglühendem Zorn rief Heinrich: »Wer seid Ihr denn, daß Ihr mich kennt und glaubt, mich hier mit schnöden Worten necken zu können?Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
" In short, Lothair, who has no faith in the curative effects of Mesmerism; who says Mesmerism is all nonsense ; who laughs the whole thing to scorn, and considers it all mere charlatanry and deception - Lothair was having himself mesmerized !Kurz, Lothar, der an die Heilkraft des Magnetismus nicht glaubt, der alles für leeres Hirngespinst erklärt- Lothar, der alle Magnetiseurs verhöhnt, der in ihrem Treiben nur leidige Mystifikationen erblickt-Lothar ließ sich magnetisieren.Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / The Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A. / Die Serapions-BruederDie Serapions-BruederHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.© des Textkorpus 1963 Winkler, MunchenThe Serapion BrethrenHoffmann, Ernst Theodor A.
Scorn responded.Er antwortete mit Spott.Anderson, Poul / GenesisAnderson, Poul / GenesisGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust© für die deutschsprachige Ausgabe 2001 by Verlagsgruppe Lübbe GmbH & Co. KG, Bergisch GladbachGenesisAnderson, Poul© 2000 by The Trigonier Trust
Business circles condemned HeB's action as treachery against Führer and people, and regarded press and radio reports—which were universally scorned—as a 'Party swindle'.Unter Geschäftsleuten wurde Heß' Tun als Verrat am "Führer" und am Volk verurteilt, und man hielt Presse- und Radioberichte - die im allgemeinen geringgeschätzt wurden - für einen "Parteischwindel".Kershaw, Ian / The Hitler MythKershaw, Ian / Der Hitler-MythosDer Hitler-MythosKershaw, Ian© 1987 Ian Kershaw© der deutschsprachigen Ausgabe: 1999 Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, StuttgartThe Hitler MythKershaw, Ian© Ian Kershaw 1987
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scorn
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | scorn | scorns |
Possessive case | scorn's | scorns' |
scorn
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | scorned |
Imperative | scorn |
Present Participle (Participle I) | scorning |
Past Participle (Participle II) | scorned |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I scorn | we scorn |
you scorn | you scorn |
he/she/it scorns | they scorn |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am scorning | we are scorning |
you are scorning | you are scorning |
he/she/it is scorning | they are scorning |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have scorned | we have scorned |
you have scorned | you have scorned |
he/she/it has scorned | they have scorned |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been scorning | we have been scorning |
you have been scorning | you have been scorning |
he/she/it has been scorning | they have been scorning |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I scorned | we scorned |
you scorned | you scorned |
he/she/it scorned | they scorned |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was scorning | we were scorning |
you were scorning | you were scorning |
he/she/it was scorning | they were scorning |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had scorned | we had scorned |
you had scorned | you had scorned |
he/she/it had scorned | they had scorned |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been scorning | we had been scorning |
you had been scorning | you had been scorning |
he/she/it had been scorning | they had been scorning |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will scorn | we shall/will scorn |
you will scorn | you will scorn |
he/she/it will scorn | they will scorn |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be scorning | we shall/will be scorning |
you will be scorning | you will be scorning |
he/she/it will be scorning | they will be scorning |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have scorned | we shall/will have scorned |
you will have scorned | you will have scorned |
he/she/it will have scorned | they will have scorned |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been scorning | we shall/will have been scorning |
you will have been scorning | you will have been scorning |
he/she/it will have been scorning | they will have been scorning |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would scorn | we should/would scorn |
you would scorn | you would scorn |
he/she/it would scorn | they would scorn |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be scorning | we should/would be scorning |
you would be scorning | you would be scorning |
he/she/it would be scorning | they would be scorning |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have scorned | we should/would have scorned |
you would have scorned | you would have scorned |
he/she/it would have scorned | they would have scorned |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been scorning | we should/would have been scorning |
you would have been scorning | you would have been scorning |
he/she/it would have been scorning | they would have been scorning |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am scorned | we are scorned |
you are scorned | you are scorned |
he/she/it is scorned | they are scorned |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being scorned | we are being scorned |
you are being scorned | you are being scorned |
he/she/it is being scorned | they are being scorned |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been scorned | we have been scorned |
you have been scorned | you have been scorned |
he/she/it has been scorned | they have been scorned |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was scorned | we were scorned |
you were scorned | you were scorned |
he/she/it was scorned | they were scorned |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being scorned | we were being scorned |
you were being scorned | you were being scorned |
he/she/it was being scorned | they were being scorned |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been scorned | we had been scorned |
you had been scorned | you had been scorned |
he/she/it had been scorned | they had been scorned |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be scorned | we shall/will be scorned |
you will be scorned | you will be scorned |
he/she/it will be scorned | they will be scorned |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been scorned | we shall/will have been scorned |
you will have been scorned | you will have been scorned |
he/she/it will have been scorned | they will have been scorned |