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    spurn
    [spərn]
    verb
    spurned (past tense) · spurned (past participle)
    1. reject with disdain or contempt:
      "he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned"
      • archaic
        strike, tread, or push away with the foot:
        "with one touch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth"
    Origin
    Old English spurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn’; compare with spur.
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    1. reject with disdain or contempt:
      refuse
      decline
      reject
      rebuff
      scorn
      turn down
      turn away
      repudiate
      disdain
      look down one's nose at
      despise
      snub
      slight
      disown
      jilt
      repulse
      repel
      dismiss
      brush off
      turn one's back on
      cold-shoulder
      ignore
      tell someone where to get off
      put down
      freeze out
      stiff-arm
      knock back
      give someone the bum's rush
      snout
      say no to
      treat with contempt
      give someone the cold shoulder
      cut (dead)
      look right through
      turn one's nose up at
      give someone the brush-off
      kick in the teeth
      give someone the brush
      give someone the go-by
       
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    1. Reject with disdain or contempt
      spurned Add to word list past simple and past participle of spurn spurn verb [ T ] formal uk / spɜːn / us / spɝːn / to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having:

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      spurned; spurning; spurns Synonyms of spurn transitive verb 1 : to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn 2 : to tread sharply or heavily upon : trample

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      spurn verb [ T ] formal uk / spɜːn / us / spɝːn / to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having:

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      Spurned is the past tense and past participle of spurn, which means to refuse to accept something or someone because you feel that thing or person is not worth having. See how to use spurned in sentences from the Cambridge English …

       
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      What does it mean to spurn someone?
      To spurn means to reject with disdain. Originally, to spurn was to kick away. Though it's not used in that context so often anymore, being spurned still feels like a kick in the gut. You can reject someone kindly, or let them down easily, but you can't spurn someone with anything but malice. "Spurn."

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      What does spurned mean?
      Define spurned. spurned synonyms, spurned pronunciation, spurned translation, English dictionary definition of spurned. v. spurned , spurn·ing , spurns v. tr. 1. To reject with disdain or contempt. See Synonyms at refuse1. 2. Archaic To kick at or tread on disdainfully.

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      What is the emphasis on opportunities lost or spurned?
      The emphasis is on opportunities lost or spurned. That is, they spurned the idea that market forces determine the outcome of the struggle. It becomes a tribute spurned, leaving him in mastery. All of the other contributions employ the ' disembodied sentences ' supposedly spurned by the cognitive-functional approach.

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      What is the past tense of Spurn?
      the simple past tense and past participle of spurn. But she spurned his advances and kept her focus on her work and her beloved chimpanzees. Carter initially spurned that offer while working with attorneys in the case to identify parcels where an initial 106 modular units of temporary housing could be placed.

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      What does spurned mean in baseball?
      Cole, who grew up in Orange County and spurned bids from the Dodgers and Angels, is the Yankees’ starting pitcher in Game 1. In the last two games, when Wales have had two-goal leads, they have spurned opportunities to make it even more comfortable. Spurned definition: treated or rejected with scorn or contempt.

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      Is it unthinkable to spurn it?
      It is unthinkable to spurn it in this way. They will be handy men, spurned in the workshop, because foremen and workmen will not have anything to do with them. There are those who would despise and spurn them, who would trample upon them and take joy in doing it. The olive branch has been held out by this side, and you have spurned it.

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