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spurn
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- pronunciation:
- spuhrn
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
spurns, spurning, spurned |
| definition: |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise.
He spurned all my offers of help.- antonyms:
- accept, crave, embrace, welcome
- similar words:
- flout, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, scorn, snub
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| related words: |
abhor, blackball, boycott, disdain, dislike, exclude, loathe, mock, rebuff, refuse, repel, shun, snub |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to show scorn; reject something scornfully (often fol. by "at").
- similar words:
- flout
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| related words: |
scorn |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
a scornful rejection or contemptuous treatment.
- antonyms:
- acceptance, embrace, welcome
- similar words:
- repulse
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