spurn
11spurn — [ spɜrn ] verb transitive 1. ) OLD FASHIONED to refuse to accept someone s love or friendship: REJECT 2. ) to refuse to accept something, do something, or deal with something …
12spurn — reject, repudiate, refuse, *decline Analogous words: disdain, scorn, scout, *despise, contemn: flout, *scoff, sneer Antonyms: crave: embrace …
13spurn — [v] turn away; ignore air, contemn, cut, decline, despise, disapprove, disdain, dismiss, disregard, drop, dump, flout, flush*, give the cold shoulder*, hold in contempt, look down on*, nix*, not hear of*, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject,… …
14spurn — ► VERB ▪ reject with contempt. ORIGIN originally in the sense «strike or push away with the foot»: from Old English …
15Spurn — 53° 34′ 33″ N 0° 06′ 41″ E / 53.575955, 0.111454 …
16spurn — UK [spɜː(r)n] / US [spɜrn] verb [transitive] Word forms spurn : present tense I/you/we/they spurn he/she/it spurns present participle spurning past tense spurned past participle spurned literary 1) to refuse to accept something, do something, or… …
17spurn — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spurnan; akin to Old High German spurnan to kick, Latin spernere to spurn, Greek spairein to quiver Date: before 12th century intransitive verb 1. obsolete a. stumble b. kick 1a …
18spurn — verb Spurn is used with these nouns as the object: ↑overture …
19spurn — [[t]spɜ͟ː(r)n[/t]] spurns, spurning, spurned VERB If you spurn someone or something, you reject them. [V n] He spurned the advice of management consultants... [V n] These gestures have been spurned. [V ed] ...a spurned lov …
20spurn — [[t]spɜrn[/t]] v. t. 1) to reject with disdain; scorn 2) to kick or trample with the foot 3) archaic to scorn something 4) disdainful rejection 5) contemptuous treatment 6) a kick • Etymology: 1250–1300; (v.) ME; OE spurnan, c. OOHG spurnan, ON… …
