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spurn
Meaning: to reject with contempt or disdain
spurn in a sentence
How spurn is used in real sentences:
The senator spurned the offer of a secret bargain.
He spurned their apology and refused to speak with them again.
“Several estate owners spurned the proposal as beneath them and threatened laborers who agreed to dig along the northern road.”
— from the passage The Northern Channel
Synonyms for spurn
Other words for spurn — reject, rebuff and repudiate — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of spurn
Words that mean the opposite of spurn:
- accept
- embrace
- welcome
Where it comes from
From Old English spurnan, meaning 'to kick against.'
Memory hook
SPURN sounds like 'spur away': to spurn an offer is to push it away.