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spurn
Overview of verb spurn
The verb spurn has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down -- (reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances")
Grep of noun spurn
spurner
Antonyms of verb spurn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spurn
1 sense of spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
=> refuse, decline
=> react, respond
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spurn
1 sense of spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
=> rebuff, snub, repel
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spurn
1 sense of spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
=> refuse, decline
'Cause To' of verb spurn
Derived Forms of verb spurn
1 sense of spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
RELATED TO>(noun) spurner#1
=> spurner
Domain of verb spurn
Domain Terms of verb spurn
Familiarity of verb spurn
spurn used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb spurn
1 sense of spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb spurn
1 sense of spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
> refuse, decline
=> reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
=> contract out
=> regret
=> repudiate
=> disobey
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spurn
Sense 1
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down
=> refuse, decline
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Grep of verb spurn
spurn
Grep of adj spurn
spurned
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