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How to pronounce spurn in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, turn down
Type of refuse, decline
Has types repel, snub, rebuff
Verb group reject, turn away, turn down, decline, pass up, refuse
Derivation spurner


She spurned his advances.

Examples of spurn

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But how can he spurn free elections, the sweetest fruit of Tunisia's revolution?
From the infowars.com
Am I so round with you as you with me,That like a football you do spurn me thus?
From the en.wikipedia.org
German politicians, except on the far-right fringe, tend to spurn such arguments.
From the online.wsj.com
Decide that we have already seen all that life has to offer and spurn the rest?
From the theepochtimes.com
He was supposed to be the next big Indiana prep star to spurn in-state schools.
From the sportingnews.com
That added to the downbeat tone, which saw investors spurn risk-sensitive assets.
From the nznewsuk.co.uk
Local sales are plunging, too, as Thais spurn chicken in favor of pork or seafood.
From the businessweek.com
There will surely be more, and some Eagles fans will spurn the team over this.
From the nytimes.com
They thought he was a gorilla, and couldn't understand why he would spurn stardom.
From the orlandosentinel.com
More examples
  • Reject: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances"
  • Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it is also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. ...
  • An act of spurning; a scornful rejection; A kick; To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn; To reject something by pushing it away with the foot
  • (v) to reject with disdain; shun
  • Kick or trample underfoot