spurned

Meaning

of Spurn

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

loveless abandoned hated deserted despised disregarded lovelorn forsaken friendless scorned repudiated disallowed loathed slighted rejected
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Antonyms

considered accepted breasted assumed preferred brushed
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Examples

His golden locks Time hath to silver turned, O time too swift! O swiftness never ceasing! His youth 'gainst Time and Age hath ever spurned, But spurned in vain! Youth waneth by increasing. George Peele

My wisdom is as spurned as chaos. What is my nothingness, compared to the amazement that awaits you? Arthur Rimbaud

Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould. Thomas Hood

The children of the prophets of the Lord, Prince, priest, and people, spurned by zealot hate. Hounded from sea to sea, from state to state, The West refused them, and the East abhorred. No anchorage the known world could afford. Emma Lazarus

Spurned pity can turn into cruelty just as spurned love turns into hate. Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Driven away by barbarian thrumming the Muse has spurned the six-footed exercise ever since she beheld these patrons seven feet high. Sidonius Apollinaris

Close letter words and terms

spurn Spurn Head spurn-water spurner spurning spurningly