Scorned -

We talk a lot about heartbreak. We write poems about the sadness, the longing, and the empty side of the bed. But we don’t talk enough about what happens when that sadness catches fire. We don’t talk about being .

The term is most famously cemented in the English lexicon through William Congreve’s 1697 play, The Mourning Bride . The iconic line—often misquoted—actually reads: "Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, nor hell a fury like a woman scorned" . scorned