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Definitions for Spurning
[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 Spurning
spurnrefuse, disdain, repudiate, dismiss, despise, flout, scorn, snub, reject, disregard, rebuff, decline, cut, dump, repulse, drop, scoff, disapprove, slight, air
Words nearby Spurning
spurnspurge laurel, spurgeon, spurious, spurious ankylosis, spurious wing, spurn, spurred, spurrey, spurrier, spurry, spurt
Origin of Spurning
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 Spurning
spurn·er , noun
out·spurn , verb (used with object)
un·spurned , adjective
Word origin for Spurning
Old English spurnan; related to Old Norse sporna, Old High German spurnan, Latin spernere to despise, Lithuanian spiriu to kick
Synonyms for Spurning
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