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spurnspurn /spɜːn $ spɜːrn/ verb [transitive] spurnOrigin: Old English spurnan VERB TABLEspurn |
Present | I, you, we, they | spurn | | he, she, it | spurns | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | spurned | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have spurned | | he, she, it | has spurned | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had spurned | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will spurn | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have spurned |
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Present | I | am spurning | | he, she, it | is spurning | | you, we, they | are spurning | Past | I, he, she, it | was spurning | | you, we, they | were spurning | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been spurning | | he, she, it | has been spurning | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been spurning | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be spurning | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been spurning |
- When she spurned his advances, he started to stalk her.
- But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.
- But Giap spurned the advice, explaining that he could not desert his comrades.
- Four men worked hard all day to give them safety, and they spurned it.
- Narcissus was a young man who spurned the nymph Echo and became enamoured of his own reflection.
- Steve, who is smoother than snakeskin shorts; and Lisa, a spurned woman.
- The rates they offered were so low, though, that investors spurned them.
- The restored Rump, however, took away Boteler's regimental command and spurned his nomination as quartermaster-general.
NOUN► offer· But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.· The Natal government spurned the offer. literary to refuse to accept something or someone, especially because you are too proud SYN reject: She spurned all offers of help. a spurned lover |