spurn

[ spurn ]
/ spɜrn /

verb (used with object)

to reject with disdain; scorn.
to treat with contempt; despise.
to kick or trample with the foot.

verb (used without object)

to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.

noun

Origin of spurn

1250–1300; (v.) 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) Middle English: a kick, contemptuous stroke, derivative of the noun

SYNONYMS FOR spurn

1 See refuse1.
6 contumely.

OTHER WORDS FROM spurn

spurn·er, noun out·spurn, verb (used with object) un·spurned, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for spurned

British Dictionary definitions for spurned

spurn
/ (spɜːn) /

verb

to reject (a person or thing) with contempt
(when intr, often foll by against) archaic to kick (at)

noun

an instance of spurning
archaic a kick or thrust

Derived forms of spurn

spurner, noun

Word Origin for spurn

Old English spurnan; related to Old Norse sporna, Old High German spurnan, Latin spernere to despise, Lithuanian spiriu to kick