Spurn

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To reject disdainfully or contemptuously; scorn. See Synonyms at refuse1.
  • v. To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
  • verb-intransitive. To reject something contemptuously.
  • n. A contemptuous rejection.
  • n. Archaic A kick.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
  • v. To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
  • v. To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
  • n. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
  • n. A kick; a blow with the foot.
  • n. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
  • n. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
  • v. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
  • verb-intransitive. To kick or toss up the heels.
  • verb-intransitive. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
  • n. A kick; a blow with the foot.
  • n. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
  • n. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To kick against; kick; drive back or away with the foot.
  • To strike against.
  • To reject with disdain; scorn to receive or consort with; treat with contempt.
  • To kick.
  • To dash the foot against something: light on something unexpectedly; stumble.
  • To dash; rush.
  • To manifest disdain or contempt in rejecting anything; make contemptuous opposition; manifest contempt or disdain in resistance.
  • n. A blow with the foot; a kick.
  • n. A stumble; a fall.
  • n. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
  • n. In mining, one of the narrow pillars or connections left between the holings, and not cut away until just before the withdrawal of the sprags.
  • n. A spur.
  • n. A piece of wood having one end inserted in the ground, and the other nailed at an angle to a gate-post, for the purpose of strengthening or supporting it.
  • To spur.
  • n. An evil spirit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. reject with contempt
  • Verb Form
    spurned    spurning    spurns   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    refuse    decline   
    Hyponym
    snub    rebuff    repel   
    Form
    spurned    spurning    spurner   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    kick    rejection    tread    reject    object   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bern    Berne    Fern    Hearn    Herne    Kern    Laverne    Stern    Sterne    Verne