Spurn

Definition: Spurn

Spurn

Verb

1. Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "spurn" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonyms: Spurn

Contempt

Turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon; tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot; spurn, kick; fling to the winds; (repudiate); send away with a flea in the ear.

Noun: contempt, disdain, scorn, sovereign contempt; despisal, despiciency; despisement; vilipendency, contumely; slight, sneer, spurn, by-word; despect.

Indifference

Set at naught; (make light of); spurn; (disdain).

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Crosswords: Spurn

First you spurn me for Eddie, and then you throw him off like an old overcoat for Rocky! (The Rocky Horror Picture Show; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Beginning with "spurn": Spurn-water.

Albanian

shkelmoj (boot, kick, lash), shkelm (boot, kick), refuzoj (debar, decline, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, negative, override, overrule, rat, rebuff, refuse, reject, relinquish, renounce, throw over, thumb down, withhold), refuzim (denial, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, nay, negative, no, rebuff, refusal, rejection, renouncement, repulse, set down), nuk pranoj (decline, deny, differ, disapprove, disclaim, ignore, override, protest, push away, reject, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, set aside, throw off, thumb down), mospranim (challenge, denial, disapproval, disavowal, disclaimer, nay, non-acceptance, objection, refusal, rejection, renunciation, repudiation, repulse). (various references)

Arabic 

‏طرد (banish, banishment, bounce, bouncer, cashier, cast out, chuck, deport, deportation, disgrace, dislodge, dismiss, dismissal, dispossess, dispossession, disqualification, drive out, drum, eject, ejection, eliminate, elimination, evaporate, evict, eviction, expel, expulsion, fence, fight down, get off, hunt, in order of the boot, oust, ouster, pitch, poke, put out, removal, remove, repel, rout, sack, scat, send, send packing, sending away, shake, shrift, sling out, throw out, toss, toss out, turf, turf out, turn away, turn off, turn out), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, rebuff, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏رفض بازدراء, ‏رفض بإزدراء, ‏رد (answer, answer back, beat, counter, disallow, drive back, pay, pay back, put off, rebound, rebuff, rebut, rebuttal, rejoinder, render, repay, repayment, repercussion, reply, respond, response, retrieve, return, reverberate, reversion, riposte, turn away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ритник (charge, kick), отритвам (kick aside, repudiate), отхвърлям презрително, отнасям се с презрение към (trample), отблъскване (repulse, repulsion), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, resist, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), презрително отношение (snub), изритвам (boot, kick out), изгонвам (cast off, chase, clear off, dispossess, drive away, drive out, eject, evict, feeze, hunt out, lay, oust, put out, run off, see off, send away, send out, send packing, shoot out, throw out, thrust out, turf out, turn away, turn out). (various references)

Chinese 

�'弃 (Abandon, Abandoned, Abandoning, spurned, Spurning). (various references)

Czech

opovrhovat (defy, despise, scorn), odkopnout. (various references)

Farsi 

لگدزن (Kicker), ردکننده (Noncommittal). (various references)

French

repousser avec mépris, rejeter avec mépris, rejet avec mépris, éconduire. (various references)

German

verschmähen (despise, disdain, reject, scorn, to disdain). (various references)

Greek 

αποκρούω (abjure, beat off, fend off, repel, repulse, save, throwback, ward off), απορράπτω, απολακτίζω. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"חות בבוז, ל� אוץ (abuse, blaspheme, deride, despise, scorn). (various references)

Hungarian

elutasítás (condemnation, denial, disallowance, disavowal, dismissal, rebuff, refusal, rejection, repudiation, repulse, set down, set-down). (various references)

Italian

sdegno (anger, disdain, indignation, resentment, scorn), sdegnare (anger, despise, disdain, get angry, scorn, slight), ripulsa (rebuff, rejection, repulse), rifiuto (cancellation, denial, disaffirmation, disallowance, dross, junk, nay, no, rebuff, refusal, refuse, rejection, repulse, waste), rifiutare sdegnosamente, rifiutare (decline, deny, disallow, rebut, refuse, reject, repudiate, throw over, turn down, withhold), respingere (beat off, disallow, dismiss, fail, kill, push away, quash, reduce, reduce the price, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, return, set aside, shove, stave off, ward off). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�'�ねつける (to repel, to spurn), �'�ね付ける (to repel, to spurn). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

はねつける (to repel, to spurn). (various references)

Manx

jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negate, negation, negative, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, traverse). (various references)

Pig Latin

urnspay

Portuguese

tratar com desprezo, repelir desdenhosamente, recusar com desprezo (rebuff), afastar com o pé. (various references)

Romanian

trata cu dispreţ (sneeze), respinge cu dispreţ (scout), refuz cu dispreţ, loviturã cu piciorul (kick), dispreţui (brave, contemn, despise, disdain, dispraise, hold cheap, hold smb. in contempt, look down on, pooh pooh, scorn, set at naught, slight, trample, turn up one's nose at, undervalue), dispreţ (contempt, despite, disdain, disregard, flout, haughtiness, odium, scorn), avea dispreţ pentru, arunca cu dispreţ, împinge (crowd, drive, go to extremes, goad, induce, jab, joggle, jostle, move, poke, press, punt, push, push away, run to an extreme, shove, thrust). (various references)

Russian 

оттолкнуть (jostle away, jostle from), отпихнуть ногой, презрительное отношение. (various references)

Scottish

breab (a kick). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

preziranjem odbiti, preziranje, prezir (contempt, disdain, scorn). (various references)

Spanish

rechazar (ban, beat back, beat off, defeat, deny, deprecate, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, discourage, dismiss, disown, drive back, fend, fend off, fight off, hand off, hold off, negative, overrule, Parry, pass up, press back, push back, put aside, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, set aside, Spike, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn down, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away), desdeñar (disdain, look down one's nose at, scorn). (various references)

Swedish

spjärna, med förakt, avvisa (disallow, dismiss, meet, overrule, rebuff, reject, repulse, send away, set aside, throw over, turn away, turn down, wave aside). (various references)

Thai

ปฏิเสธ (gainsay, negate, reject). (various references)

Turkish

tepmek (boot, chuck away, foot it, kick, scout, tuck), tekme atmak (boot, give a kick, hack, kick, kick in, toe), reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), hiçe saymak (challenge, disregard, pay no attention, set at naught, set at nought, slight, snap one's fingers at, swamp, upstage), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, reverse, turn away, turn back). (various references)

Ukrainian

стусан (cant, dab, dig, kick, prod, thrust, wakener, wap), штурхати (dab, punch, yerk), відкидати із зневагою, зневага (contempt, disdain, disparagement, indignity, neglect, raspberry). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự vứt bỏ (dumping), sự hất đi sự bác bỏ, sự hắt hủi, sự đá đi. (various references)

aspernabantur, calca, calcabant, calcabatur, calcabis, calcabit, calcabitis, calcabitur, calcabunt, calcandi, calcant, calcantes, calcantibus, calcantium, calcare, calcat, calcator, calcatur, calcatus, calcaverit, calcaverunt, calcavi, calcavit, calces, calcet, respuere, respuistis, spernas, spernat, spernebant, spernemus, spernere, sperneris, spernit, sperno sprevi spretum, spernunt, spretiones, spreverat, spreverit, spreveritis, spreverunt, sprevissent, sprevisti, sprevistis, sprevit. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "spurn": spurned, spurner, spurners, spurning, spurns. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Spurn" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: purn, scurn, Seurin, spern, sphur, sporn, spuen, spunn, spura, spurg, spurm, spurr, sturn, sunr, supr, surn, swurn. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: puns, purs, runs, spun, spur, urns.

-2 letters: nus, pun, pur, pus, run, sun, sup, uns, ups, urn.

-3 letters: nu, un, up, us.

+1 letter: prunes, prunus, purins, sprung, spurns, unrips.

+2 letters: inpours, pruners, punkers, punners, punster, punters, puranas, purines, purlins, pursing, repugns, spurned, spurner, turnips, turnups, unsharp, unstrap, unwraps, uprisen, upturns.

+3 letters: grownups, ingroups, junipers, longspur, lupanars, pandours, panduras, parvenus, penuries, perusing, plunders, plungers, plunkers, postburn, pouncers, pounders, pressrun, pronouns, pruinose, prunuses, punchers, punisher, punsters, pureness, purgings, puritans, purlines, purloins, purslane, pursuant, pursuing, resprung, resupine, roundups, sandspur, slurping, speargun, sprucing, spunkier, spurners, spurning, spurring, spurting, sundrops, sunporch, sunproof, superfan, supering, superman, supermen, supernal, surprint, turnspit, undrapes, unperson, unripest, unsphere, unsprung, unstraps, uprising, upsprang, upspring, upsprung, uptrends, usurping.