'Spurn' definitions:
Definition of 'spurn'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Spurn'
From: GCIDE
- Spurn \Spurn\, n.
- 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. [1913 Webster]
- The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spurn'
From: GCIDE
- Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned (sp[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. [root]171. See Spur.]
- 1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [1913 Webster]
- [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. [1913 Webster]
- What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Spurn'
From: GCIDE
- Spurn \Spurn\, v. i.
- 1. To kick or toss up the heels. [1913 Webster]
- The miller spurned at a stone. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. [1913 Webster]
- Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spurn'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abjure,
- ban,
- banish,
- beat back,
- blackball,
- brush aside,
- brush off,
- cast out,
- chase,
- chase away,
- chase off,
- chuck,
- chuck out,
- cold-shoulder,
- contemn,
- contradict,
- cut,
- cut direct,
- decline,
- deny,
- deport,
- despise,
- disapprove,
- discard,
- disclaim,
- discount,
- disdain,
- disfellowship,
- dismiss,
- disown,
- disregard,
- drive away,
- drive back,
- except,
- exclude,
- excommunicate,
- exile,
- expatriate,
- expel,
- extradite,
- fend off,
- flout,
- forswear,
- fugitate,
- fuss,
- hold off,
- humiliation,
- ignore,
- keep off,
- look down upon,
- ostracize,
- outlaw,
- pack off,
- pass by,
- pass up,
- pick and choose,
- proscribe,
- push aside,
- push back,
- put back,
- rebuff,
- recant,
- refuse,
- refuse to consider,
- refuse to receive,
- reject,
- relegate,
- renounce,
- repel,
- reprobate,
- repudiate,
- repulse,
- rusticate,
- scoff,
- scorn,
- scorn to receive,
- scout,
- send away,
- send down,
- send off,
- send packing,
- send to Coventry,
- shove away,
- slight,
- sneer,
- sneer at,
- sneeze at,
- sniff,
- snort,
- snub,
- spit upon,
- spurning,
- steer clear of,
- the cold shoulder,
- the go-by,
- throw away,
- throw out,
- thrust back,
- thrust out,
- transport,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- turn down,
- turn out,
- waive,
- ward off