Definitions for spurns

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Spelling: [spurn]
IPA: /spɜrn/

Spurns is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 67 anagrams from letters in spurns (nprssu).

Definitions for spurns

noun

  1. disdainful rejection.
  2. contemptuous treatment.
  3. a kick.

verb (used with object)

  1. to reject with disdain; scorn.
  2. to treat with contempt; despise.
  3. to kick or trample with the foot.

verb (used without object)

  1. to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.

Origin of spurns

1250-1300; (v.) Middle English spurnen, Old English spurnan; cognate with Old Saxon, Old High German spurnan, Old Norse sporna to kick; akin to Latin spernere to put away; (noun) Middle Engli

Examples for spurns

In a conversation with Charlie Rose, Melinda Gates said that foundations must act as catalysts to spurn governments into action.

No, I will tear his image from my bosom, tread on him, spurn him.

To spurn the hungry from their door, with naught to satisfy.

And if there is a man in this world whom you have the right to spurn, I am that man also.'

LaSalvia went on to cite examples large and small of how the Republican Party had continued to spurn gay conservatives.

Mutlaq is painfully aware that his own side will be harmed if they spurn a place at the table of the enfranchised.

The hand did not spurn the coins, which I—rather timidly, I confess—dropped into it.

Should you give me the right to vote and deny it to my sister I should spurn the gift.

A Ted Cruz may spurn those local politicians, and instead build his campaign upon national organizations.

"I spurn the imposition," said Lady Dorothea, tearing it in fragments.

Word Value for spurns
Scrable

7

Words with friends

10

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