spurn

Signification (Anglais)

Verb

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

Noun

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

Concepts

rejeter

repousser

refuser

mépriser

repousser avec dédain

traiter avec mépris

rejeter avec mépris

éconduire

mépris

moquer

narguer

dédaigner

détester

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/spɜːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.