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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Spurn \Spurn\, n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.] [1913 Webster] What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. [1913 Webster] The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned (sp[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. [root]171. See Spur.] 1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [1913 Webster] [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. [1913 Webster] What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. --Locke. [1913 Webster]From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Spurn \Spurn\, v. i. 1. To kick or toss up the heels. [1913 Webster] The miller spurned at a stone. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay. [1913 Webster] 2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. [1913 Webster] Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. --Shak. [1913 Webster]From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Spurn \Spurn\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. [root]171. See Spur.] 1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. --Chaucer. I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak. 2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak. Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. --Locke.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Spurn \Spurn\, v. i. 1. To kick or toss up the heels. The miller spurned at a stone. --Chaucer. The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. --Gay. 2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. --Shak.From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Spurn \Spurn\, n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.] What defence can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? --Milton. 2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. --Shak. 3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
spurn v : reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down]From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
spurn Αγγλικά n. 1 περιφρονητική απόρριψη 2 κλοτσιά Αγγλικά vb. 1 απορρίπτω με περιφρόνηση 2 διώχνω κάτι σπρώχνοντάς το με το πόδιFrom English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
spurn Middle English alt. 1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse. 2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet. Middle English n. 1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse. 2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet. Middle English vb. (alt form enm spurnen) n. 1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 2 A kick; a blow with the foot. 3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. 4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. vb. 1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
spurn n. 1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 2 A kick; a blow with the foot. 3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. 4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. vb. 1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
spurn Middle English alt. 1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse. 2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet. Middle English n. 1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse. 2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet. Middle English vb. (alt form enm spurnen) n. 1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 2 A kick; a blow with the foot. 3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. 4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. vb. 1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
spurn Middle English alt. 1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse. 2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet. Middle English n. 1 (lb enm rare) A stumbling; a collapse. 2 (lb enm rare) A strike or blow using one's feet. Middle English vb. (alt form enm spurnen) n. 1 An act of spurning; a scornful rejection. 2 A kick; a blow with the foot. 3 (lb en obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. 4 (lb en mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. vb. 1 (lb en ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn. 2 (lb en transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot. 3 (lb en transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity) 4 (lb en intransitive obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
spurn Englanti vb. 1 torjua, ylenkatsoa, hyljeksiä 2 halveksiaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
spurn Engelska n. spark, plump behandling Engelska vb. avvisa, behandla med förakt, förakta, stöta bort, sparka (bakut), spjärna, försmå, försitta, försummaFrom English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]
Spurn /spˈɜːn/ إرفضFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
spurn //spɚn// //spɜːn//From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]1. ритник a kick 2. отхвърляне an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
spurn //spɚn// //spɜːn//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. отритвам to reject by pushing away with the foot 2. отхвърлям с презрение to reject disdainfully
spurn /spˈɜːn/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]odmítnout
spurn /spˈɜːn/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]zavrhnout
spurn /spˈɜːn/ απορρίπτω περιφρονητικάFrom English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]
spurn /spˈɜːn/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. ठुकराना, तिरस्कार करना "She spurned his proposal."
spurn /spˈɜːn/ odgurnuti nogom, prezrivo odbitiFrom English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
spurn /spˈɜːn/ 1. megvetés 2. elutasításFrom English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]
spurn /spɜ:n/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]odtrącać
spurn //spɚn// //spɜːn//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]avvisa, förkasta, försmå to reject disdainfully
spurn /spˈɜːn/ 1. tekme atıp defetmek, tekme ile kovmak 2. hakaretle reddetmek 3. hakaret edici davranış 4. nefretle reddetme.From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈspɝn/
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "spurn": abjure, ban, banish, beat back, blackball, brush aside, brush off, cast out, chase, chase away, chase off, chuck, chuck out, cold-shoulder, contemn, contradict, cut, cut direct, decline, deny, deport, despise, disapprove, discard, disclaim, discount, disdain, disfellowship, dismiss, disown, disregard, drive away, drive back, except, exclude, excommunicate, exile, expatriate, expel, extradite, fend off, flout, forswear, fugitate, fuss, hold off, humiliation, ignore, keep off, look down upon, ostracize, outlaw, pack off, pass by, pass up, pick and choose, proscribe, push aside, push back, put back, rebuff, recant, refuse, refuse to consider, refuse to receive, reject, relegate, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, rusticate, scoff, scorn, scorn to receive, scout, send away, send down, send off, send packing, send to Coventry, shove away, slight, sneer, sneer at, sneeze at, sniff, snort, snub, spit upon, spurning, steer clear of, the cold shoulder, the go-by, throw away, throw out, thrust back, thrust out, transport, turn away, turn back, turn down, turn out, waive, ward offFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 踢开,拒斥; v. 踢到一旁,冷落;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 踢开,拒斥 vt. 踢到一旁,冷落,践踏,唾弃 vi. 藐视,摒弃