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- Dictionaryspurn/spəːn/
verb
- 1. reject with disdain or contempt: "he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned"
noun
- 1. an act of spurning: archaic "it is a spurn of God's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness"
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SPURN definition: 1. to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth…. Learn more.
The meaning of SPURN is to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn. How to use spurn in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Spurn.
To spurn means to reject with disdain. Originally, to spurn was to kick away. Though it's not used in that context so often anymore, being spurned still feels like a kick in the gut. You can reject someone kindly, or let them down easily, but you can't spurn someone with anything but malice.
SPURN meaning: 1. to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth…. Learn more.
1. to reject (a person or thing) with contempt. 2. archaic (when: intr, often foll by against) to kick (at) n. 3. an instance of spurning. 4. archaic a kick or thrust. [Old English spurnan; related to Old Norse sporna, Old High German spurnan, Latin spernere to despise, Lithuanian spiriu to kick] ˈspurner n.
verb. If you spurn someone or something, you reject them. He spurned the advice of management consultants. [VERB noun] These gestures have been spurned. [VERB noun] ...a spurned lover. [VERB-ed] Synonyms: reject, slight, scorn, rebuff More Synonyms of spurn. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Spurn definition: to reject with disdain; scorn. . See examples of SPURN used in a sentence.
verb. spurned, spurning, spurns. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting. Webster's New World. To refuse or reject with contempt or disdain; scorn. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To push or drive away contemptuously with or as with the foot. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To reject something contemptuously.
verb. /spɜːn/ /spɜːrn/ (formal or literary) Verb Forms. spurn somebody/something to reject or refuse somebody/something, especially in a proud way synonym shun. Eve spurned Mark's invitation. a spurned lover. The president spurned the tight security surrounding him and adopted a more intimate style of campaigning. Extra Examples.
Origin of spurn 1 First recorded in 1250–1300; (verb) Middle English spurnen, Old English spurnan; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German spurnan, Old Norse sporna “to kick”; akin to Latin spernere “to put away”; (noun) Middle English: “a kick, contemptuous stroke,” derivative of the verb
