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Detailed Synonyms for spurn in English

spurn:

to spurn verb (spurns, spurned, spurning)

  1. to spurn
    to disapprove; to reject; to repudiate; to decline; to denounce; to refuse; to disclaim; to spurn; to turn down; to object to
    • disapprove verb (disapproves, disapproved, disapproving)
    • reject verb (rejects, rejected, rejecting)
    • repudiate verb (repudiates, repudiated, repudiating)
    • decline verb (declines, declined, declining)
    • denounce verb (denounces, denounced, denouncing)
    • refuse verb (refuses, refused, refusing)
    • disclaim verb (disclaims, disclaimed, disclaiming)
    • spurn verb (spurns, spurned, spurning)
    • turn down verb (turns down, turned down, turning down)
    • object to verb (objects to, objected to, objecting to)
  2. to spurn
    to spurn; to scorn
    • spurn verb (spurns, spurned, spurning)
    • scorn verb (scorns, scorned, scorning)
  3. to spurn
    – reject with contempt 1
    to reject; to scorn; to disdain; to spurn; to turn down; to freeze off; pooh-pooh
    – reject with contempt 1
    • reject verb (rejects, rejected, rejecting)
    • scorn verb (scorns, scorned, scorning)
    • disdain verb (disdains, disdained, disdaining)
    • spurn verb (spurns, spurned, spurning)
      • She spurned his advances1
    • turn down verb (turns down, turned down, turning down)
    • freeze off verb (freezes off, froze off, freezing off)
    • pooh-pooh verb

Conjugations for spurn:

present
  1. spurn
  2. spurn
  3. spurns
  4. spurn
  5. spurn
  6. spurn
simple past
  1. spurned
  2. spurned
  3. spurned
  4. spurned
  5. spurned
  6. spurned
present perfect
  1. have spurned
  2. have spurned
  3. has spurned
  4. have spurned
  5. have spurned
  6. have spurned
past continuous
  1. was spurning
  2. were spurning
  3. was spurning
  4. were spurning
  5. were spurning
  6. were spurning
future
  1. shall spurn
  2. will spurn
  3. will spurn
  4. shall spurn
  5. will spurn
  6. will spurn
continuous present
  1. am spurning
  2. are spurning
  3. is spurning
  4. are spurning
  5. are spurning
  6. are spurning
subjunctive
  1. be spurned
  2. be spurned
  3. be spurned
  4. be spurned
  5. be spurned
  6. be spurned
diverse
  1. spurn!
  2. let's spurn!
  3. spurned
  4. spurning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Related Words for "spurn":

  • spurning

Alternate Synonyms for "spurn":


Related Definitions for "spurn":

  1. reject with contempt1
    • She spurned his advances1