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- [spurn]
- /spɜrn/
- /spɜːn/
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- [spurn]
- /spɜrn/
Definitions of spurn word
- verb with object spurn to reject with disdain; scorn. 1
- verb with object spurn to treat with contempt; despise. 1
- verb with object spurn to kick or trample with the foot. 1
- verb without object spurn to show disdain or contempt; scorn something. 1
- noun spurn disdainful rejection. 1
- noun spurn contemptuous treatment. 1
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Origin of spurn
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (v.) Middle English spurnen, Old English spurnan; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German spurnan, Old Norse sporna to kick; akin to Latin spernere to put away; (noun) Middle English: a kick, contemptuous stroke, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Spurn
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spurn popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
spurn usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for spurn
verb spurn
- abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
- be-little — to regard or portray as less impressive or important than appearances indicate; depreciate; disparage.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
- beg off — to ask to be released from an engagement, obligation, etc
- boycott — If a country, group, or person boycotts a country, organization, or activity, they refuse to be involved with it in any way because they disapprove of it.
Antonyms for spurn
verb spurn
- advance — To advance means to move forward, often in order to attack someone.
- break the bank — to ruin financially or deplete the resources of a bank (as in gambling)
- crave — If you crave something, you want to have it very much.
- cry out for — If you say that something cries out for a particular thing or action, you mean that it needs that thing or action very much.
- desiderate — to feel the lack of or need for; long for; miss
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