Crossword clues for spurning
spurning
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned (sp[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend; akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna, L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push.
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To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
[The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
--Chaucer.I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
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To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to treat with contempt.
What safe and nicely I might well delay By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn.
--Shak.Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid them at their master's feet.
--Locke.
Wiktionary
n. The act of one who spurns. vb. (present participle of spurn English)
Usage examples of "spurning".
He rides triumphant, spurning the dim Earth-- Whither, O whither goest thou?
And therewithall they pulled him downe to the ground, beating him with their fists, and spurning him with their feete.
And if Lenz tries to temper the spurning by telling Green he likes him, where the fuck is he supposed to look when he says it?
Jillie a favor she could not begin to comprehend or appreciate by spurning her naive affections.
Bannor forced himself to turn a blind eye to their devilish doings, promising himself that every humiliation Willow endured at their hands would only serve to spare her pride when she was finally goaded into spurning him.
When Barns rose from my side, spurning me with his foot, I had been well used.