spurn
An act of spurning; a scornful rejectionAn act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
Meaning
4 sensesAn act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
Verschmähen, Verschmähung
презри́тельный отка́зprezrítelʹnyj
A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.
(archaic)A kick; a blow with the foot.
Tritt
пино́кpinók
(obsolete)Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
Examples
6 sentencesI spurn your offer.
Я відхиляю твою пропозицію. — rmdas
The more she spurns my love, the more it grows.
There's nothing worse than the revenge of a spurned woman.
deEs gibt nichts Schlimmeres, als die Rache einer geschmähten Frau. — Esperantostern
Spurning every gift, he does not let himself be bound.
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
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick,From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject; stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to tread, kick, knock out”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
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