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spurned Definition


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spurn
verb
    spurned, spurning
    1. To reject (eg a person's love) scornfully.
      Thesaurus: despise, disdain, scorn, shun, rebuff, reject, slight, put off, snub; Antonym: embrace.
noun
    1. An act or instance of spurning.
Derivative: spurned
adj
    Derivative: spurning
    adj, noun
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon spurnan.



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