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spurn

verb

= reject, slight, scorn, rebuff, put down, snub, disregard, despise, disdain, repulse, cold-shoulder, kick in the teeth (slang), turn your nose up at (informal), contemn (formal) • a spurned lover
opposites: accept, welcome, take up, seize, embrace, grasp

'spurn' in Other Languages

British English: spurn If you spurn someone or something, you reject them. VERBHe spurned the advice of management consultants.
Brazilian Portuguese: desprezar
Chinese: 拒绝拒绝絕
European Spanish: rechazar
French: dédaigner
German: verschmähen
Italian: sdegnare
Japanese: はねつける
Korean: 일축하다
Portuguese: desprezar
Spanish: rechazar

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