From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishspurnspurn /spɜːn $ spɜːrn/ verb [transitive] literaryREFUSE to refuse to accept something or someone, especially because you are too proud SYN reject She spurned all offers of help. a spurned lover→ See Verb table
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spurn• When she spurned his advances, he started to stalk her.• The restored Rump, however, took away Boteler's regimental command and spurned his nomination as quartermaster-general.• Four men worked hard all day to give them safety, and they spurned it.• But Giap spurned the advice, explaining that he could not desert his comrades.• Narcissus was a young man who spurned the nymph Echo and became enamoured of his own reflection.• But Dudaev would be foolish to spurn the offer outright.• The rates they offered were so low, though, that investors spurned them.• Steve, who is smoother than snakeskin shorts; and Lisa, a spurned woman.Origin spurn Old English spurnan 