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Antonyms for spurn

Grammar : Verb
Spell : spurn
Phonetic Transcription : spÉœrn

Definition of spurn

Origin :
  • Old English spurnan "to kick (away), reject, scorn, despise," from Proto-Germanic *spurnanan (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German spurnan, Old Frisian spurna, Old Norse sporna "to kick"), from PIE root *spere- "ankle" (cf. Middle Dutch spoor "track of an animal," Greek sphyron "ankle," Latin spernere "to reject, spurn," Sanskrit sphurati "kicks," Middle Irish seir "heel"). Related: Spurned; spurning.
  • verb turn away; ignore
Example sentences :
  • No, I will tear his image from my bosom, tread on him, spurn him.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • To spurn the hungry from their door, with naught to satisfy.
  • Extract from : « The Universal Reciter » by Various
  • The hand did not spurn the coins, which I—rather timidly, I confess—dropped into it.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • "I spurn the imposition," said Lady Dorothea, tearing it in fragments.
  • Extract from : « The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • Should you give me the right to vote and deny it to my sister I should spurn the gift.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • And if there is a man in this world whom you have the right to spurn, I am that man also.'
  • Extract from : « A Great Man » by Arnold Bennett
  • What thou desirest, Trojan, shall be given; nor do I spurn your gifts.
  • Extract from : « The Aeneid of Virgil » by Virgil
  • She knew he would not spurn her away: he must be kind, for she loved him dearly still.
  • Extract from : « Heart » by Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • The Master said, A gentleman does not raise a man for his words, nor spurn the speech for the man.
  • Extract from : « The Sayings Of Confucius » by Confucius
  • I spurn brotherhood of soul with one whose ambition has been for himself.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau

Synonyms for spurn

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