Spurn

/spɝn/

Synonyms for "spurn" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Verb(2 words)
abjureabstainbanbanishbeat backblackballbrush asidebrush offcast outchasechase awaychase offchuckchuck outcold shouldercold-shouldercontemncontradictcontravenecut
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Noun(2 words)

Strong matches (41)

Related words (68)

ostracizeoutlawpack offpasspass bypass uppick and chooseproscribepush asidepush backput backrebuffrecantrefuserefuse to considerrefuse to receiverejectrelegaterenouncerepel
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reprobaterepudiaterepulserusticatescoffscornscorn to receivescoutsend awaysend downsend offsend packingsend to coventryshove awayshunslightsneersneer atsneeze atsniffsnortsnubspit uponspurningsteer clear ofthe cold shoulderthe go-bythrow awaythrow outthrust backthrust outtransportturn awayturn backturn downturn outwaiveward off
Noun(3 words)
refuse to contractrejected materialrejects

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Collocations

6 entries
spurned advancesspurned claimspurned giftspurned invitationspurned offerspurned proposal

Inflections

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Derivations

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similar

6 entries
declinepass uprefuserejectturn awayturn down

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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