spurn
verb
[ spəːn ]
• reject with disdain or contempt.
• "he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned"
Similar:
refuse,
decline,
say no to,
reject,
rebuff,
scorn,
turn down,
turn away,
repudiate,
treat with contempt,
disdain,
look down one's nose at,
despise,
snub,
slight,
disown,
jilt,
repulse,
repel,
dismiss,
brush off,
turn one's back on,
give someone the cold shoulder,
cold-shoulder,
ignore,
cut (dead),
look right through,
turn one's nose up at,
give someone the brush-off,
tell someone where to get off,
put down,
freeze out,
stiff-arm,
kick in the teeth,
knock back,
give someone the bum's rush,
give someone the brush,
snout,
give someone the go-by,
spurn
noun
• an act of spurning.
• "it is a spurn of God's sovereignty, and a slight of his goodness"
Origin:
Old English spurnan, spornan ; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn’; compare with spur.
