| VERB | communication | spurn, reject, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | reject with contempt |
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| Sounds | sper'n | |
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| Rhymes | adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern... | |
| Meaning | Reject with contempt. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She spurned his advances" | |
| Synonyms | reject, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | |
| Narrower | rebuff, snub, repel | Reject outright and bluntly |
| Broader | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
| Similar to | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept |
| reject, turn down, turn away, refuse | Refuse entrance or membership | |
| Spanish | desdeñar, desesperanzar, menospreciar, rechazar | |
| Catalan | desdenyar, desesperançar, rebutjar | |
| Nouns | spurner | a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt |
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