spurn

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
2. (transitive) To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
3. (transitive) To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To kick or toss up the heels.

Noun

1. An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
2. (archaic) A kick; a blow with the foot.
3. (obsolete) Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
4. A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.

Conceptes

refusar

rebutjar

vomitar

menysprear

desesperançar

desdenyar

Sinònims

reject

refuse

scorn

decline

repulse

repel

dismiss

disavow

withhold

disallow

shun

turn down

kick

disdain

rebuff

resend

relay

throw away

send back

snub

repress

freeze off

pass up

discard

pooh-pooh

dispose

rebuke

rebut

refute

drive away

repudiate

belittle

dump

stumble

emboss

expel

tool

chase

turn away

fend off

chase away

condemn

despise

disapprove of

look askance at

disagree

disapprove

abjure

parry

thrust from one

Traduccions

ablehnen

rejeitar

rechazar

abweisen

recusar

abschlagen

nee zeggen tegen

weigern

terugwijzen

versagen

afkeuren

verweigern

rifiutare

afwijzen

ausschlagen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/spɜːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: spurnen

Heretat de anglès antic: spurnan

Cognat amb escocès: spurn

Cognat amb alemany: anspornen

Cognat amb islandès: sporna

Cognat amb llatí: spernō

In summary

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-.
Cognate with Scots spurn (“to strike, push, kick”), German spornen (“to spur on”), Icelandic sporna, spyrna (“to kick”), Latin spernō (“despise, distain, scorn”). Related to spur and spread.