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Definitions for Spurn

[1] to reject with disdain; scorn.
[2] to treat with contempt; despise.
[3] to kick or trample with the foot.
[4] to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.
[5] disdainful rejection.
[6] contemptuous treatment.
[7] a kick.
[8] to reject (a person or thing) with contempt
[9] (when intr, often foll by against ) archaic to kick (at)
[10] an instance of spurning
[11] archaic a kick or thrust

Words related to Spurn

refuse, disdain, repudiate, dismiss, despise, flout, scorn, snub, reject, disregard, rebuff, decline, cut, dump, repulse, drop, scoff, disapprove, slight, air

Words nearby Spurn

spurge laurel, spurgeon, spurious, spurious ankylosis, spurious wing, spurn, spurred, spurrey, spurrier, spurry, spurt

Origin of Spurn

1250–1300; (v.) 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 noun

Other words from Spurn

spurn·er , noun
out·spurn , verb (used with object)
un·spurned , adjective

Word origin for Spurn

Old English spurnan; related to Old Norse sporna, Old High German spurnan, Latin spernere to despise, Lithuanian spiriu to kick

Synonyms for Spurn

despise, disdain, dismiss, disregard, flout, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, scorn, snub, turn down, air, contemn, cut, decline, disapprove, drop, dump, flush, nix, reprobate, repulse, scoff, slight, sneer, give the cold shoulder, hold in contempt, look down on, not hear of, pass by, sneeze at, steer clear, turn nose up at