spurn

🇺🇸 /spɜːrn/ 🇬🇧 /spɜːn/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP20000
verb
R

to strongly reject or refuse someone or something

She decided to spurn the offer because she didn't like the terms.

translation

v. to strongly reject or refuse someone or something

Word Forms

3rd Present spurns
Past spurned
Perfect spurned
Progressive spurning

Synonyms

rebuff v. 拒绝 repudiation n. 拒绝, 公开否认, 断绝关系 repulse v. 使厌恶, 击退, 拒绝 refusal n. 拒绝 reject v. 拒绝, 不录用, 淘汰, 排斥, 冷落 refuse v. 拒绝做某事, 拒绝接受, 不允许, 不按要求做 decline v. 减少, 婉拒, 词形变化

Antonyms

tolerate v. 容忍, 忍受, 耐受 allowance n. 津贴, 限额, 零花钱, 免税额 approval n. 认可, 批准, 试用 agree v. 同意, 赞成, 答应, 商定, 批准, 一致 grant v. 授予, 承认 approve v. 认为...好或可接受, 正式同意, 认可使用 swallow v. 吞咽, 咽口水, 吞没, 耗尽, 轻信, 压抑情感, 忍受批评 embrace n. 拥抱, 欣然接受 acceptance n. 接受, 赞同, 接纳, 承受 accept v. 接受, 同意, 承认, 忍受, 接纳, 认为, 录取 adopt v. 收养, 采用, 通过, 采纳, 采取, 推选 receive v. 收到, 受到, 感知, 遭受, 反应, 接待, 接纳, 接收信号, 收听, 销赃, 接球 take v. 拿, 带领, 使...达到, 花费, 拍摄, 走, 握住, 拿走, 误拿, 获得, 坐, 吃, 记录, 参加, 选修, 采取, 执行, 检查, 控制, 入住, 订阅, 接受, 抓住, 接收, 遭受, 忍受, 认真对待, 认为, 误以为, 持有, 减去, 以...为例, 就任, 需要, 利用, 穿, 容纳, 主持, 越过, 踢, 进行, 成功

Similar Words

spun v. 快速旋转 spur n. 马刺, 激励, 山嘴, 支路