'Spurned' definitions:
Definition of 'spurned'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Spurned'
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]
Synonyms of 'spurned'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- contemned,
- declined,
- declined with thanks,
- denied,
- despised,
- disapproved,
- discarded,
- discounted,
- disdained,
- dismissed,
- disowned,
- excepted,
- excluded,
- forsaken,
- forsworn,
- ignored,
- jilted,
- loveless,
- lovelorn,
- not considered,
- rebuffed,
- refused,
- rejected,
- renounced,
- repudiated,
- repulsed,
- scouted,
- unbeloved,
- uncherished,
- unloved