spurned

verbturn away; ignore

Synonyms for spurned

verb turn away; ignore

Antonyms for spurned

Word Origin & History

Old English spurnan "to kick (away), reject, scorn, despise," from Proto-Germanic *spurnanan (cf. Old Saxon and Old High German spurnan, Old Frisian spurna, Old Norse sporna "to kick"), from PIE root *spere- "ankle" (cf. Middle Dutch spoor "track of an animal," Greek sphyron "ankle," Latin spernere "to reject, spurn," Sanskrit sphurati "kicks," Middle Irish seir "heel"). Related: Spurned; spurning.

Example Sentences for spurned

But anger and fear soon got the mastery of him, and he spurned her from him.

The other reading “dirmygei,” would mean he spurned, or dishonoured.

I grovelled at your feet and begged you—you spurned me as I do you now.

I spurned him from me with violence because he had maligned your wife.

He spurned to correct himself and stalked on, leaving the judge gaping.

When the friends of Jackson spurned these overtures, Clay sold out to Adams.

For the present I can only remember one of the many spurned ones.

She spurned the letter with her foot and fed the newspaper to the fire.

He spurned the proposal, and offered to do the work for nothing.

She give me candy, the fair captive did, but I spurned her bribe.

spurned

Synonyms for spurned

Antonyms for spurned

lovelorn

neglected

refused

spurned

Synonyms for spurned

Antonyms for spurned

More words related to spurned

loveless

lovelorn

neglected

refused