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
OTHER WORDS FROM spurn
spurn·er, noun out·spurn, verb (used with object) un·spurned, adjectiveWords nearby spurn
spurge laurel,
spurgeon,
spurious,
spurious ankylosis,
spurious wing,
spurn,
spurred,
spurrey,
spurrier,
spurry,
spurt
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, nounWord Origin for spurn
Old English
spurnan; related to Old Norse
sporna, Old High German
spurnan, Latin
spernere to despise, Lithuanian
spiriu to kick