To reject with contempt or disdain; to treat contemptuously; to scorn or despise.
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释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > reject contemptuously (14) spurnc1000 To reject with contempt or disdain; to treat contemptuously; to scorn or despise. defyc1320 To set at nought; to reject, renounce, despise, disdain, revolt at. Obsolete. refusec1350 transitive. In early use: to reject or spurn. Later chiefly: to reject (one of two or more alternatives) in making a choice or selection. Now rare. to kick against or ata1425 intransitive. figurative. To show temper, annoyance, defiance, dislike, etc.; to rebel, be recalcitrant. to kick againstor at, to object strongly… spurn1526 figurative. To kick against or at something disliked or despised; to manifest opposition or antipathy, esp. in a scornful or disdainful manner. asperne1548 To despise, spurn. explodea1552 transitive. To reject or discard (something, esp. an opinion, proposal, or custom). Obsolete. to cast (also throw) at one's heels1555 to cast (also throw) at one's heels and variants: to cast underfoot, to reject with contempt. Also similarly to cast at heel. Obsolete. mock1558 transitive. To defy, flout, pay no heed to. Obsolete. foot1600 transitive. To strike with the foot; to kick. Also figurative: to spurn. Also with away. Now rare. outscout1602 transitive. To drive out with scorn or derision. slighta1616 To put off disdainfully. Obsolete. scout1710 To reject with scorn (a proposition); to treat as absurd (an idea); to dismiss scornfully the pretensions of (a person, a work, etc.). stuff1955 Used in coarse expressions of contempt or defiance. Cf. fuck, v. 4; stuffed, adj. 6. |
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