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1. (v.t.) spurn
to reject with disdain; scorn.
2. spurn
to kick or trample with the foot.
3. (v.i.) spurn
Archaic. to scorn something.
4. (n.) spurn
disdainful rejection.
5. spurn
contemptuous treatment.
6. spurn
a kick.
Etymology: (1250–1300; (v.) ME; OE spurnan, c. OS, OHG spurnan, ON sporna to kick)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
reject with contempt
"She spurned his advances"
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1. (noun) spurn
a kick; a blow with the foot
2. (noun) spurn
disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment
3. (noun) spurn
a body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass
4. (verb) spurn
to drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick
5. (verb) spurn
to reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt
6. (verb) spurn
to kick or toss up the heels
7. (verb) spurn
to manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance
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