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spurned

/spɜːnd/

/spɜrnd/

spurnedpast participle

/spɜːnd/

/spɜrnd/

Used attributively or predicatively to describe someone or something that has been rejected.

Translations

отвергнутый

The spurned lover decided to move on with their life.

Отвергнутый любовник решил двигаться дальше по жизни.

Definitions

Rejected with disdain or contempt.

Feeling spurned, she decided to move on and focus on her own happiness.

Synonyms

spurnverb

spurned

Past Simple

spurned

Past Simple

spurned

Past Participle

spurning

Gerund

/spɜːn/

/spɜrn/

Translations

отвергать

She spurned his offer to help.

Она отвергла его предложение помочь.

Definitions

To reject with disdain or contempt.

She spurned his offer to help, insisting she could manage on her own.

(archaic) To kick at or strike with the foot; to drive or force away by kicking.

The horse spurned the dirt with its hooves before galloping off.

Synonyms

turn down

Antonyms

spurnnoun

Definitions

An act of rejecting or refusing something with disdain.

His spurn of the offer left everyone in shock.

(archaic) A kick or thrust with the foot.

With a sudden spurn, he sent the stone skittering down the path.