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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spurn /spɜrn/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to reject (something) while showing obvious displeasure for it;
scorn:She spurned his offer of marriage.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spurn (spûrn),USA pronunciation v.t. - to reject with disdain;
scorn. - to treat with contempt;
despise. - to kick or trample with the foot.
v.i. - to show disdain or contempt;
scorn something.
n. - disdainful rejection.
- contemptuous treatment.
- a kick.
- 1250–1300; (verb, verbal) 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, nominal) Middle English: a kick, contemptuous stroke, derivative of the noun, nominal
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See refuse 1.
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged contumely.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged accept.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spurn /spɜːn/ vb - to reject (a person or thing) with contempt
- when intr, often followed by against: archaic to kick (at)
n - an instance of spurning
- archaic a kick or thrust
Etymology: Old English spurnan; related to Old Norse sporna, Old High German spurnan, Latin spernere to despise, Lithuanian spiriu to kickˈspurner n |