spurn

1. (ambitransitive)To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.

   verschmähen, abweisen, verachten

   презри́тельно отверга́тьprezrítelʹno

   reject with contempt

2. (transitive)To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.

   treten, mit Füßen treten

   пина́тьpinátʹ

3. (transitive)To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)

   vertun, vergeben

4. (intransitive, obsolete)To kick or toss up the heels.

1. I spurn your offer.

   Я відхиляю твою пропозицію. — rmdas

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2. The more she spurns my love, the more it grows.

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3. There's nothing worse than the revenge of a spurned woman.

   deEs gibt nichts Schlimmeres, als die Rache einer geschmähten Frau. — Esperantostern

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4. Spurning every gift, he does not let himself be bound.

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5. So-called regional specialities are things prized by out-of-towners but spurned by locals.

   deSogenannte „regionale Spezialitäten“ sind Dinge, die von Auswärtigen hoch geschätzt, von Ortsansässigen aber verschmäht werden. — Yorwba

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