v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Spurned p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning. ] [ OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push. √171. See Spur. ] 1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The bird ] with his foot will spurn adown his cup. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

What safe and nicely I might well delay
By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurn

v. i. 1. To kick or toss up the heels. [ 1913 Webster ]

The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurn

n. 1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What defense can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurner

n. One who spurns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spurn-water

n. (Naut.) A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water. [ 1913 Webster ]

WordNet (3.0) WordNet (3.0)

spurner

(n) a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt, Example:she was known as a spurner of all suitors; he was no spurner of rules

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[唾弃 / 唾棄, tuò qì] spurned #30125

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踏みつける;踏み付ける;踏付ける

[ふみつける, fumitsukeru] (v1, vt) (1) to trample down; to tread on; (2) to ignore; to spurn

突っ撥ねる;突っぱねる

[つっぱねる, tsuppaneru] (v1, vt) to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

鼻であしらう

[はなであしらう, hanadeashirau] (exp, v5u) to spurn; to snub; to treat with contempt

撥ね付ける;撥ねつける

[はねつける, hanetsukeru] (v1, vt) to repel; to spurn

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