spurn

Meaning

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

spurn

reject

refuse

scorn

decline

repulse

dismiss

repel

disallow

disavow

shun

withhold

turn down

relay

resend

kick

disdain

rebuff

repress

send back

throw away

snub

freeze off

discard

dispose

dump

rebut

refute

chase

chase away

condemn

disagree

disapprove

disapprove of

drive away

emboss

expel

look askance at

rebuke

tool

pass up

pooh-pooh

stumble

turn away

abjure

fend off

parry

repudiate

belittle

despise

throw up

vomit

turn back

fail to accept

ignore

trample

rejection

throw out

vote down

thrust away

thrust from one

beat off

throw back

castaway

avert

beat back

block

deflect

drive back

fend

fight off

forefend

forfend

keep

preclude

push back

stave off

ward off

contemn

look down on

spite

controvert

defy

push away

humiliate

kick out

loathe

pillory

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spɜːn/

Etymology

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.