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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spurn \spurn\ sp^urn, v. t. imp. p. p. spurned
sp^urnd; p. pr. vb. n. spurning. oe. spurnen to
kick against, to stumble over, as. spurnan to kick, offend;
akin to spura spur, os. ohg. spurnan to kick, icel. spyrna,
l. spernere to despise, skr. sphur to jerk, to push.
root171. see spur.
1. to drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
1913 webster
the bird with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
i spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --shak.
1913 webster
2. to reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
treat with contempt.
1913 webster
what safe and nicely i might well delay
by rule of knighthood, i disdain and spurn. --shak.
1913 webster
domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid
them at their master's feet. --locke.
1913 webster
see also:
spurned spurning spur
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
spurned
adj : rebuffed by a lover without warning; "jilted at the altar"
syn: jilted, rejected
see also:
jilted rejected
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
30 moby thesaurus words for "spurned":
contemned, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised,
disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dismissed, disowned,
excepted, excluded, forsaken, forsworn, ignored, jilted, loveless,
lovelorn, not considered, rebuffed, refused, rejected, renounced,
repudiated, repulsed, scouted, unbeloved, uncherished, unloved
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