English-Thai Dictionary

spurn

VT ปฏิเสธ  pa-ti-sed

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPURN

v.t.[L., spur, kicking. ] 1. To kick; to drive back or away, as with the foot.
2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept. What multitudes of rational beings spurn the offers of eternal happiness!
3. To treat with contempt.

 

SPURN

v.i. 1. To manifest disdain in rejecting any thing; as, to spurn at the gracious offers of pardon.
2. To make contemptuous opposition; to manifest disdain in resistance.
Nay more, to spurn at your most royal image.
3. To kick or toss up the heels.
The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns.

 

SPURN

n.Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment. The insolence of office, and the spurns that patient merit of the unworthy takes.

 

SPURNED

pp. Rejected with disdain; treated with contempt.

 

SPURNER

n.One who spurns.

 

SPURNEY

n.A plant.

 

SPURNING

ppr. Rejecting with contempt.

 

SPURN-WATER

In ships, a channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPURN

Spurn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned; p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning. ] Etym: [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. sq. root171. See Spur. ]

 

1. 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. Shak.

 

2. 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.

 

SPURN

SPURN Spurn, v. i.

 

1. To kick or toss up the heels. The miller spurned at a stone. Chaucer. The drunken chairman in the kennel spurns. Gay.

 

2. To manifest disdain in rejecting anything; to make contemptuous opposition or resistance. Nay, more, to spurn at your most royal image. Shak.

 

SPURN

SPURN Spurn, n.

 

1. A kick; a blow with the foot. [R.] What defence can properly be used in such a despicable encounter as this but either the slap or the spurn Milton.

 

2. Disdainful rejection; contemptuous tratment. The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes. Shak.

 

3. (Mining )

 

Defn: A body of coal left to sustain an overhanding mass.

 

SPURNER

SPURNER Spurn "er, n.

 

Defn: One who spurns.

 

SPURN-WATER

SPURN-WATER Spurn "-wa `ter, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A channel at the end of a deck to restrain the water.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spurn

spurn |spərn spərn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] reject with disdain or contempt: he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned. • archaic strike, tread, or push away with the foot: with one touch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth. ▶noun archaic an act of spurning. DERIVATIVES spurn er noun ORIGIN Old English spurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn ’; compare with spur .

 

Oxford Dictionary

spurn

spurn |spəːn | ▶verb [ with obj. ] reject with disdain or contempt: he spoke gruffly, as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned. • archaic strike, tread, or push away with the foot: with one touch of my feet, I spurn the solid Earth. ▶noun archaic an act of spurning. DERIVATIVES spurner noun ORIGIN Old English spurnan, spornan; related to Latin spernere ‘to scorn ’; compare with spur .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spurn

spurn verb he's been spurned by every woman he ever loved: reject, rebuff, scorn, turn down, treat with contempt, disdain, look down one's nose at, despise; snub, slight, jilt, dismiss, brush off, turn one's back on; give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder; informal turn one's nose up at, give someone the brush-off, kick in the teeth, give someone the bum's rush. ANTONYMS welcome, accept.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spurn

spurn verb he spurned the offer of a drink: refuse, decline, say no to, reject, rebuff, scorn, turn down, turn away, repudiate, treat with contempt, disdain, look down one's nose at, despise; snub, slight, disown, jilt, repulse, repel, dismiss, brush off, turn one's back on; give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, ignore, cut (dead ), look right through; informal turn one's nose up at, give someone the brush-off, tell someone where to get off, put down, freeze out, stiff-arm, kick in the teeth; Brit. informal knock back; N. Amer. informal give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush; Austral. informal snout; informal, dated give someone the go-by. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD spurn, reject, refuse, decline See refuse 1 . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Duden Dictionary

Spürnase

Spür na se Substantiv, feminin umgangssprachlich , die |Sp ü rnase |a scharfer Geruchssinn er hat eine gute Spürnase | figurativ sie hat eine Spürnase (Gespür, Spürsinn ) dafür b jemand, der eine besondere Gabe hat, Dinge herauszufinden er ist eine richtige Spürnase

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spurn

spurn /spəː r n /動詞 他動詞 ｟主に文 ｠(特に自尊心が高いために )〈人 物 〉を拒否する, はねつける (reject ); 〈交際など 〉を断る ▸ a spurned lover 振られた恋人