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Meaning of
'spurn'
(Webster Dictionary)
1 .
Spurn
[
n.
]
- A kick; a blow with the foot.
- Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment.
- A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.
2 .
Spurn
[
v. i.
]
- To kick or toss up the heels.
- To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance.
3 .
Spurn
[
v. t.
]
- To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
- To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
Meaning of 'spurn' (Princeton's WordNet)
1 .
spurn
[
v
]
Meaning (1):
- reject with contempt
Example in sentence:
She spurned his advances
Nearby Words:
spud
spue
spuilzie
spuke
spuller
spulzie
spume
spumed
spumeous
spumescence
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