Definition of spurn Spurn
/spΙΛn/ - [spern] - spurn
We found 17 definitions of spurn from 5 different sources.
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What does spurn mean?
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| spurn - reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" | ||
| reject, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | ||
| refuse, decline show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike" | ||
| rebuff, snub, repel reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" | ||
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- spurn (Noun)
An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. - spurn (Noun)
A kick; a blow with the foot. - spurn (Noun)
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. - spurn (Noun)
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass. - spurn (Verb)
To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. - spurn (Verb)
To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. - spurn (Verb)
To waste; fail to make the most of.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary π
- spurn (v. t.)
To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. - spurn (v. t.)
To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. - spurn (v. i.)
To kick or toss up the heels. - spurn (v. i.)
To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. - spurn (n.)
A kick; a blow with the foot. - spurn (n.)
Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. - spurn (n.)
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary π
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spurn
spurn, v.t. to drive away as with the foot: to kick: to reject with disdain.βn. disdainful rejection.βn. Spurnβ²er, one who spurns. [A.S. speornan; cog. with spur.]
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