Associations to the word «Spurning»

Wiktionary

SPURN, verb. (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
SPURN, verb. (transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
SPURN, verb. (transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
SPURN, verb. (intransitive) (obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.
SPURN, noun. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
SPURN, noun. A kick; a blow with the foot.
SPURN, noun. (obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
SPURN, noun. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.

Dictionary definition

SPURN, verb. Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances".

Wise words

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