Spurn

//spɝn//

Synonyms for "spurn" (129 found)

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59 translations across 20 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ἀναίνομαι verb (to reject disdainfully)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • отхвърляне noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • ритник noun (a kick)
  • отритвам verb (to reject by pushing away with the foot)
  • отхвърлям с презрение verb (to reject disdainfully)

Czech

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  • odmítnutí noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • opovržení noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • odmítnout verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • odvrhnout verb (to reject disdainfully)

Dutch

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  • versmaden minachten verb (to reject disdainfully)

Esperanto

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  • malestime rifuzi verb (to reject disdainfully)

French

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  • coup de pied noun (a kick)
  • dédaigner verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • dédaigner verb (to waste; fail to make the most of)
  • renier verb (to reject disdainfully)

Galician

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  • desdén noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • desdeñar verb (to reject disdainfully)

German

4 entries
  • Tritt noun (a kick)
  • Verschmähen noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • Verschmähung noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • abweisen verb (to reject disdainfully)

Gothic

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  • 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to reject disdainfully)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • elutasítás noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • mellőzés noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • visszutasítás noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • elrúg verb (to reject by pushing away with the foot)

Italian

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  • calcio noun (a kick)

Latin

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  • spernō verb (to reject disdainfully)

Middle English

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  • schonen verb (to reject disdainfully)

Māori

4 entries
  • tīkapenga noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • parahako verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • tīkape verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • tīkape verb (to reject by pushing away with the foot)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • chute noun (a kick)
  • desdenhar verb (to reject disdainfully)

Russian

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  • пино́к noun (a kick)
  • презри́тельный отка́з noun (an act of spurning; a scornful rejection)
  • пина́ть verb (to reject by pushing away with the foot)
  • презри́тельно отверга́ть verb (to reject disdainfully)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • स्फुरति verb (to reject disdainfully)

Spanish

2 entries
  • patada noun (a kick)
  • desdeñar verb (to reject disdainfully)

Swedish

3 entries
  • avvisa verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • förkasta verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • försmå verb (to reject disdainfully)

Turkish

4 entries
  • çifte noun (a kick)
  • burun kıvırmak verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • tenezzül etmemek verb (to reject disdainfully)
  • tepmek verb (to reject by pushing away with the foot)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I spurn your offer.

Source: tatoeba (1619942)

to spurn at your most royal image

Source: wiktionary

What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.

Source: wiktionary

Domestics will pay a more ready and cheerful service, when they find themselves not spurned, because fortune has laid them below the level of others, at their master's feet.

Source: wiktionary

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