Synonyms for Spurn:

• n.

  •
  • stay out of,
  • duck out of,
  • wriggle out of (doing) something,
  • shirk,
  • flinch from (doing) something,
  • skip,
  • get out of.
  •brush off (noun)
  • brush.
  •freeze off (noun)
  • freeze off.
  •pooh-pooh (noun)
  • pooh-pooh.

• v.

  •abstain (verb)
  • forbear,
  • abjure,
  • fast,
  • refrain,
  • curb,
  • stop,
  • evade,
  • eschew,
  • forgo,
  • constrain,
  • quit,
  • cease,
  • do without,
  • abnegate,
  • pass.
  •boycott (verb)
  • bar,
  • cut off,
  • exclude,
  • outlaw,
  • blacklist,
  • blackball,
  • strike,
  • embargo.
  •brush aside/brush off (verb)
  • disclaim,
  • disown,
  • override,
  • contradict,
  • get rid of.
  •contravene (verb)
  • disobey,
  • interfere,
  • hinder,
  • trespass,
  • gainsay,
  • counteract,
  • combat,
  • cross,
  • impugn,
  • breach,
  • violate,
  • oppose,
  • refute,
  • fight,
  • negate,
  • intrude,
  • thwart,
  • resist,
  • Disaffirm,
  • transgress,
  • encroach,
  • break,
  • traverse.
  •dare (verb)
  • cope,
  • goad,
  • taunt,
  • beard,
  • meet,
  • run the gauntlet,
  • brave,
  • face,
  • call one's bluff,
  • threaten,
  • provoke,
  • front,
  • bully,
  • denounce,
  • laugh at,
  • confront,
  • insult,
  • mock.
  •decline (verb)
  • bypass,
  • demur,
  • shy,
  • balk,
  • desist.
  •defect (verb)
  • apostatize,
  • abscond,
  • depart,
  • lapse,
  • renege,
  • rat,
  • abandon,
  • desert,
  • pull out,
  • break faith,
  • go,
  • run out,
  • tergiversate,
  • back out,
  • schism,
  • leave,
  • go over,
  • turn,
  • rebel,
  • sell out,
  • walk out on,
  • withdraw.
  •defy (verb)
  • elude,
  • repel,
  • defeat,
  • gibe,
  • baffle,
  • fly in face of,
  • deride,
  • venture,
  • withstand,
  • foil,
  • stick fast,
  • hurl defiance at,
  • hang tough,
  • ridicule.
  •deny (verb)
  • disbelieve,
  • sacrifice,
  • controvert,
  • ban,
  • restrain,
  • negative,
  • disprove,
  • call on,
  • disavow,
  • say no to,
  • begrudge,
  • rebut,
  • Disacknowledge,
  • doubt,
  • keep back,
  • not buy,
  • enjoin from,
  • taboo,
  • hold back,
  • discredit,
  • take exception to,
  • disallow,
  • discard,
  • forbid,
  • recant,
  • nullify,
  • revoke.
  •depreciate (verb)
  • de-faming,
  • under values,
  • re-vile,
  • finding fault with,
  • under-value,
  • under valued,
  • de-fames,
  • under valuing,
  • dis praised,
  • take down peg,
  • re vile,
  • dis-countenancing,
  • scoffing at,
  • under-valued,
  • de cry,
  • de faming,
  • under estimate,
  • dis grace,
  • under value,
  • dis-graces,
  • dis-counted,
  • clamored against,
  • taking down peg,
  • dis countenanced,
  • under-rates,
  • under rating,
  • dis-praises,
  • took down a peg,
  • under rated,
  • sneered at,
  • dis counts,
  • dis-praise,
  • de-famed,
  • dis countenancing,
  • under-estimated,
  • de-tract,
  • dis countenance,
  • takes down peg,
  • dis-counts,
  • takes down a peg,
  • dis-gracing,
  • de-cried,
  • dis praises,
  • de-cries,
  • clamors against,
  • dis praising,
  • dis counted,
  • dis praise,
  • scoffs at,
  • clamoring against,
  • de tract,
  • dis-countenance,
  • under estimated,
  • under rates,
  • found fault with,
  • under-rated,
  • dis gracing,
  • finds fault with,
  • under-values,
  • dis graced,
  • dis-countenances,
  • sneers at,
  • under rate,
  • under-valuing,
  • sneering at,
  • de-cry,
  • de-crying,
  • de-tracts,
  • de tracts,
  • de crying,
  • dis counting,
  • dis-praising,
  • de fames,
  • dis graces,
  • dis-graced,
  • under estimates,
  • de fame,
  • under-estimate,
  • de cries,
  • dis countenances,
  • dis-grace,
  • de cried,
  • under-rate,
  • de famed,
  • under-estimating,
  • dis-countenanced,
  • taking down a peg,
  • dis-praised,
  • took down peg,
  • de-fame,
  • under estimating,
  • under-rating,
  • dis-counting.
  •despise (verb)
  • de-tested,
  • de testing,
  • allergicked to,
  • feeling contempt for,
  • mis-prize,
  • mis-prized,
  • mis prize,
  • mis prizes,
  • mis-prizing,
  • mis prized,
  • mis-prizes,
  • hast no use for,
  • haddest no use for,
  • looks down nose at,
  • looking down nose at,
  • mis prizing,
  • has no use for,
  • allergics to,
  • had no use for,
  • felt contempt for,
  • hath no use for,
  • allergicking to,
  • de-testing,
  • hadst no use for,
  • feels contempt for,
  • de tested,
  • looked down nose at,
  • misprizes.
  •disapprove (verb)
  • dis favoring,
  • re-proving,
  • dis-liking,
  • re prove,
  • dis approved,
  • discommended,
  • dis-esteeming,
  • re-proves,
  • dis liked,
  • found unacceptable,
  • frowns on,
  • dis-approve,
  • dis favors,
  • dis commends,
  • dis-commends,
  • objecting to,
  • discommends,
  • looking askance at,
  • finds unacceptable,
  • dis-liked,
  • ex-postulates,
  • discommending,
  • dis-esteem,
  • dis commend,
  • re-proved,
  • ex postulate,
  • dis-favor,
  • zinged,
  • dis approving,
  • finding unacceptable,
  • dis-esteems,
  • sets aside,
  • objects to,
  • dis commending,
  • dis esteeming,
  • dis-favored,
  • dis favored,
  • dis approve,
  • re proved,
  • dis esteem,
  • objected to,
  • dis-commend,
  • ex-postulating,
  • ex postulating,
  • dis-approved,
  • dis liking,
  • dis esteems,
  • dis-commending,
  • frowning on,
  • looked askance at,
  • dis-esteemed,
  • ex postulated,
  • ex-postulated,
  • takes dim view of,
  • re-prove,
  • dis-commended,
  • dis favor,
  • re proves,
  • dis approves,
  • looks askance at,
  • dis-favors,
  • dis-approves,
  • took dim view of,
  • dis-favoring,
  • dis-approving,
  • ex-postulate,
  • taking dim view of,
  • dis esteemed,
  • ex postulates,
  • dis commended.
  •disclaim (verb)
  • re tracts,
  • divorced oneself from,
  • turns back on,
  • dis-claimed,
  • turning back on,
  • divorcing from,
  • be littles,
  • dis-claiming,
  • washed hands of,
  • be-little,
  • dis claim,
  • dis claimed,
  • re tract,
  • dis claims,
  • re-tract,
  • divorces oneself from,
  • divorces from,
  • dis-claim,
  • dis claiming,
  • re-tracts,
  • divorcing oneself from,
  • washing hands of,
  • dis-claims,
  • be-littles,
  • divorced from,
  • washes hands of.
  •disdain (verb)
  • art allergic to,
  • am allergic to,
  • wert allergic to,
  • was allergic to,
  • were allergic to,
  • poohpooh,
  • wast allergic to,
  • is allergic to,
  • are allergic to,
  • being allergic to.
  •dismiss (verb)
  • laughing away,
  • dis missed,
  • laughed away,
  • re legates,
  • kissed off,
  • re-legate,
  • kissing off,
  • kisses off,
  • laughs away,
  • dis-missing,
  • re legate,
  • dis-missed,
  • re-legates,
  • dis missing,
  • laying aside.
  •fend off (verb)
  • keeping a distance,
  • kept at arm length,
  • turns aside,
  • keep arm length,
  • keeping arms length,
  • keeping distance,
  • keeps at arms length,
  • keeping at arms length,
  • kept at arm's length,
  • drove back,
  • keeping at arm length,
  • fended off,
  • holds at bay,
  • drave back,
  • keeps distance,
  • keeps off,
  • kept off,
  • kept distance,
  • keeping at arm's length,
  • beating off,
  • keep arms length,
  • holds bay,
  • kept arm's length,
  • keep a distance,
  • keeps at a distance,
  • keeps a distance,
  • kept at arms length,
  • keeps arm's length,
  • kept arms length,
  • beats off,
  • keeping arm's length,
  • holding bay,
  • keep at distance,
  • held at bay,
  • keeps at distance,
  • keeps arms length,
  • held bay,
  • kept at a distance,
  • kept arm length,
  • kept at distance,
  • drives back,
  • hold bay,
  • keeps arm length,
  • keep at arm length,
  • keeping at distance,
  • holding at bay,
  • keep at arms length,
  • keeps at arm length,
  • kept a distance,
  • keeping at a distance,
  • keeps at arm's length,
  • keeping arm length,
  • keeping off.
  •flout (verb)
  • out raging,
  • out raged,
  • thumbs nose at,
  • out-raging,
  • thumbing nose at,
  • out-rages,
  • thumbed nose at,
  • out-raged,
  • out rages,
  • out-rage.
  •forsake (verb)
  • kisses goodbye,
  • washed ones hands of,
  • sur-rendered,
  • ran out on,
  • sur renders,
  • leaves high dry,
  • washes one hands of,
  • hast done with,
  • drifting away,
  • had done with,
  • show door,
  • leaved high and dry,
  • sur-rendering,
  • leaved high dry,
  • haddest done with,
  • leaves flat,
  • change one tune,
  • washes one's hands of,
  • taking the oath,
  • re signs,
  • re-signs,
  • showing door,
  • change ones tune,
  • taking oath,
  • having done with,
  • sur-render,
  • sur-renders,
  • drifted away,
  • washing one hands of,
  • leaves high and dry,
  • washed one hands of,
  • change tune,
  • showing the door,
  • shows the door,
  • leaving flat,
  • showed the door,
  • leaving high and dry,
  • left flat,
  • wash ones hands of,
  • washing ones hands of,
  • re-signed,
  • leaved flat,
  • has done with,
  • took oath,
  • leaving high dry,
  • left high dry,
  • takes oath,
  • showed door,
  • kissed goodbye,
  • wash one hands of,
  • left high and dry,
  • washed one's hands of,
  • Re sign,
  • re signing,
  • shows door,
  • washes ones hands of,
  • leave high dry,
  • takes the oath,
  • hadst done with,
  • runs out on,
  • kissing goodbye,
  • hath done with,
  • sur rendering,
  • sur rendered,
  • took the oath,
  • washing one's hands of,
  • re signed.
  •hate (verb)
  • bearing grudge against,
  • has aversion to,
  • can't standing,
  • am loath,
  • are sick of,
  • has enough of,
  • art repelled by,
  • bore a grudge against,
  • hast aversion to,
  • being hostile to,
  • having enough of,
  • having aversion to,
  • has an aversion to,
  • spat upon,
  • art loath,
  • having an aversion to,
  • am sorry,
  • art sick of,
  • being reluctant,
  • cant standing,
  • bare a grudge against,
  • haddest enough of,
  • downed on,
  • is loath,
  • hast an aversion to,
  • hadst aversion to,
  • shuddered at,
  • spitting up on,
  • wast loath,
  • wert hostile to,
  • art sorry,
  • were sorry,
  • cant stand,
  • is disgusted with,
  • felt malice to,
  • had aversion to,
  • were loath,
  • am hostile to,
  • shuddering at,
  • recoils from,
  • art hostile to,
  • wert reluctant,
  • hath aversion to,
  • bears a grudge against,
  • bear grudge against,
  • was disgusted with,
  • hast enough of,
  • cant stands,
  • was reluctant,
  • are hostile to,
  • beared a grudge against,
  • was loath,
  • is reluctant,
  • wast repelled by,
  • are disgusted with,
  • recoiling from,
  • art reluctant,
  • hadst enough of,
  • were disgusted with,
  • wert disgusted with,
  • spitted up on,
  • spat up on,
  • feeling malice to,
  • hath an aversion to,
  • spits upon,
  • are repelled by,
  • am reluctant,
  • recoiled from,
  • are reluctant,
  • bearing a grudge against,
  • bears grudge against,
  • wast disgusted with,
  • am sick of,
  • downs on,
  • was hostile to,
  • hadst an aversion to,
  • spit up on,
  • wert repelled by,
  • can't stood,
  • wast sorry,
  • were repelled by,
  • am disgusted with,
  • were sick of,
  • was sorry,
  • shudders at,
  • wast hostile to,
  • being sick of,
  • am repelled by,
  • haddest an aversion to,
  • was repelled by,
  • feels malice to,
  • is hostile to,
  • bare grudge against,
  • being loath,
  • downing on,
  • wert sick of,
  • wast sick of,
  • was sick of,
  • wert sorry,
  • is sorry,
  • hath enough of,
  • is sick of,
  • are loath,
  • were reluctant,
  • being sorry,
  • spits up on,
  • bore grudge against,
  • cant stood,
  • being repelled by,
  • is repelled by,
  • beared grudge against,
  • had an aversion to,
  • can't stands,
  • spitted upon,
  • had enough of,
  • being disgusted with,
  • haddest aversion to,
  • were hostile to,
  • wast reluctant,
  • wert loath,
  • are sorry,
  • spitting upon.
  •kick (verb)
  • pro testing,
  • re pine,
  • ex-cept,
  • pro-testing,
  • ex cept,
  • re-pining,
  • pro tested,
  • re-pine,
  • re-pined,
  • pro-tested,
  • re pines,
  • re-pines,
  • re pining,
  • re pined.
  •loathe (verb)
  • feeling repugnance,
  • finding disgusting,
  • are down on,
  • felt repugnance,
  • am down on,
  • wast down on,
  • being down on,
  • found disgusting,
  • is down on,
  • feels repugnance,
  • were down on,
  • was down on,
  • wert down on,
  • finds disgusting.
  •look down on (verb)
  • looked down on,
  • turns nose up at,
  • turning nose at,
  • turning nose up at,
  • turned nose at,
  • turn nose at,
  • turns nose at,
  • turned nose up at.
  •neglect (verb)
  • hast nothing to do with,
  • keeping ones distance,
  • laughing off,
  • lived with,
  • tuning out,
  • had nothing do with,
  • hath nothing do with,
  • letted go,
  • paid no mind,
  • tuned out,
  • over-looking,
  • keeps one distance,
  • makes light of,
  • over looked,
  • pays no mind,
  • over-looks,
  • keeps one's distance,
  • over looks,
  • have nothing do with,
  • Pretermitting,
  • kept ones distance,
  • having nothing do with,
  • laughs off,
  • hath nothing to do with,
  • laughed off,
  • paid no attention to,
  • had nothing to do with,
  • kept one's distance,
  • pretermits,
  • haddest nothing to do with,
  • having nothing to do with,
  • keep one distance,
  • over look,
  • payed no mind,
  • keeping one distance,
  • tunes out,
  • payed no attention to,
  • has nothing to do with,
  • Pretermitted,
  • haddest nothing do with,
  • paying no attention to,
  • hadst nothing do with,
  • kept one distance,
  • pays no attention to,
  • keeping one's distance,
  • hadst nothing to do with,
  • keep ones distance,
  • has nothing do with,
  • making light of,
  • over-look,
  • hast nothing do with,
  • keeps ones distance.
  •object (verb)
  • are displeased,
  • made stink,
  • mixed it up with,
  • being displeased,
  • mixt with,
  • raised objection,
  • makes stink,
  • is displeased,
  • mixes with,
  • making a stink,
  • dis-sents,
  • mixt it up with,
  • wast displeased,
  • am displeased,
  • makes a stink,
  • mix it with,
  • raises objection,
  • mixing it up with,
  • go-one-on-ones,
  • dis sents,
  • mixes up with,
  • dis-sent,
  • were displeased,
  • mixes it up with,
  • mixing it with,
  • made a stink,
  • go one on ones,
  • takes exception,
  • took exception,
  • raising objection,
  • making stink,
  • mixt up with,
  • mixes it with,
  • sounds off,
  • mixt it with,
  • sounding off,
  • wert displeased,
  • dis sent,
  • go one on oning,
  • was displeased,
  • go-one-on-oning,
  • mixing up with,
  • make stink,
  • mixed it with,
  • sounded off,
  • go one on oned,
  • mixing with,
  • go-one-on-oned.
  •rebuff (verb)
  • lashed out at,
  • putting in ones place,
  • keeping bay,
  • puts in place,
  • puts one place,
  • putting in one place,
  • pushes back,
  • put ones place,
  • putting one place,
  • putting place,
  • dis-courage,
  • re buffing,
  • keep bay,
  • puts in one place,
  • put in ones place,
  • pushing back,
  • putting one's place,
  • keeps at bay,
  • put one's place,
  • puts place,
  • putting in one's place,
  • lashing out at,
  • dis-courages,
  • re-buffs,
  • put place,
  • putting ones place,
  • re-buffed,
  • keeping at bay,
  • re-buff,
  • re buffed,
  • kept bay,
  • puts one's place,
  • re buff,
  • lashes out at,
  • puts in ones place,
  • dis courage,
  • put in one place,
  • re-buffing,
  • puts ones place,
  • dis courages,
  • keeps bay,
  • pushed back,
  • puts in one's place,
  • putting in place,
  • put one place,
  • re buffs.
  •refuse (verb)
  • hold in contempt,
  • study at refuse.
  •reject (verb)
  • casts aside,
  • casts out,
  • shoots down,
  • casting aside,
  • shooting down.
  •renounce (verb)
  • apostacized,
  • apostacizing,
  • tossed over,
  • abstained from,
  • tost over,
  • swore off,
  • apostacizes,
  • swears off,
  • tossing over,
  • abstaining from,
  • tosses over,
  • sware off.
  •repudiate (verb)
  • de-faulting,
  • flew in the face of,
  • de faulted,
  • dis honoring,
  • flying in the face of,
  • fly the face of,
  • was against,
  • re-pealed,
  • re peals,
  • de-faults,
  • re verse,
  • being against,
  • dis-honor,
  • are against,
  • dis inherit,
  • re peal,
  • wast against,
  • re-peals,
  • dis inherits,
  • de-faulted,
  • dis inheriting,
  • dis-honoring,
  • flies in the face of,
  • de-fault,
  • de faulting,
  • dis-honors,
  • wert against,
  • dis inherited,
  • dis-inherit,
  • re pealed,
  • dis honors,
  • dis-inheriting,
  • flying the face of,
  • dis-honored,
  • flies the face of,
  • re-versed,
  • dis-inherited,
  • dis-inherits,
  • re-verse,
  • de fault,
  • were against,
  • dis honor,
  • de faults,
  • re versing,
  • re pealing,
  • art against,
  • dis honored,
  • am against,
  • flew the face of.
  •repulse (verb)
  • snub.
  •scorn (verb)
  • art above,
  • considered beneath one,
  • was above,
  • am above,
  • wert above,
  • is above,
  • being above,
  • considers beneath one,
  • were above,
  • are above,
  • wast above,
  • considering beneath one.
  •spurn (verb)
  • drop,
  • scoff,
  • air,
  • dump,
  • pass by,
  • sneeze at,
  • disregard,
  • reprobate,
  • sneer,
  • steer clear,
  • slight,
  • contemn,
  • give the cold shoulder.
  •turn away; ignore (verb)
  • flush.
  •turn down (verb)
  • said no,
  • saying no.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • ostracize,
  • cold shoulder,
  • ignore,
  • push away,
  • brush aside,
  • reckon without,
  • lay aside,
  • brush away,
  • leave aside,
  • push aside,
  • toss aside,
  • look through,
  • turn away from,
  • brush off.
  •
  • nix,
  • set-aside,
  • knock-down,
  • hear of.
  •
  • shun,
  • switch off,
  • shoot down,
  • hide,
  • go by.
  •
  • blank,
  • revolt,
  • wall,
  • avoid,
  • veto.
  •
  • stand up.
  •
  • cut.
  •condemn
  • disapprove.
  •defy
  • sticking fast,
  • Ridiculed,
  • stuck fast.
  •deny
  • kept back,
  • Negatived,
  • keeping back,
  • Negativing,
  • Tabooing,
  • called on,
  • calling on,
  • keeps back,
  • Tabooed.
  •disapprove
  • Disfavored,
  • setting aside,
  • frown on,
  • Disfavoring,
  • zinging,
  • take dim view of,
  • Discommend,
  • object to,
  • find unacceptable,
  • look askance at,
  • set aside,
  • remonstrate,
  • frowned on.
  •dismiss
  • kiss off,
  • Shelving,
  • lays aside,
  • girt,
  • laid aside,
  • jeer,
  • laugh away.
  •fend off
  • turn aside,
  • driving back,
  • keep off,
  • beat off,
  • drive back,
  • keep at arm's length,
  • ward off,
  • hold at bay,
  • keep arm's length,
  • turned aside,
  • keep distance,
  • keep at a distance,
  • turning aside,
  • fending off.
  •flout
  • Quipping,
  • Sneered,
  • Quipped,
  • thumb nose at.
  •hate
  • hated,
  • not care for,
  • have enough of,
  • be hostile to,
  • be repelled by,
  • feel malice to,
  • Hates,
  • be disgusted with,
  • recoil from,
  • be loath,
  • be sick of,
  • bear a grudge against,
  • down on,
  • can't stand,
  • be reluctant,
  • have an aversion to,
  • shudder at,
  • spit upon,
  • be sorry.
  •kick
  • Fussed,
  • repine,
  • Fussing.
  •neglect
  • neglected,
  • pay no mind,
  • neglect,
  • lets go,
  • pretermit,
  • made light of,
  • keep one's distance,
  • Scanting,
  • Scanted,
  • paying no mind,
  • live with,
  • laugh off,
  • pay no attention to,
  • have nothing to do with,
  • make light of,
  • shrug off,
  • living with,
  • letting go,
  • tune out,
  • scants.
  •refuse
  • turn deaf ear to,
  • beg off,
  • turns away,
  • not budge,
  • make excuses,
  • turn away,
  • send off,
  • refuse to receive,
  • turn one's back on,
  • turn from,
  • give thumbs down to,
  • not budget,
  • turned away,
  • turning away,
  • not care to,
  • Refusing,
  • Regretted.
  •reject
  • cast out,
  • casting out,
  • cast aside,
  • shot down.
  •renounce
  • abstain from,
  • swearing off,
  • toss over,
  • apostacize,
  • abstains from,
  • swear off.
  •repulse
  • Repulsing,
  • give a pain,
  • Reluct,
  • give pain.

Paraphrases for Spurn:

• Equivalence

  • Verb, base form
    reject.

• Independent

  • Verb, base form
    dismiss.

Antonyms for Spurn:

• v.

  • abstain
    indulge, use.
  • boycott
    encourage, buy, support.
  • brush aside/brush off
    pay attention, attend, see.
  • contravene
    allow, assent, endorse, agree, uphold, consent, approve, concur, permit, aid, help, assist.
  • decline
    accept, say yes.
  • defect
    come in, join.
  • defy
    obey, surrender, give in, yield.
  • deny
    concede, accede, confess, acknowledge, affirm, corroborate, go along, grant, admit.
  • spurn
    embrace, want.
  • turn away; ignore
    compliment, include, respect, admire, ok, praise, esteem, love, sanction, ascend, rise, like.
  • Other antonyms:
    take, select, handpick, condone, welcome, countenance, receive.

Homophones for Spurn:

• seaborne, shakespearean, sparmannia, sphyraena, shopworn, sapraemia, saffron, Safranine, sewage farm, siberian, sapremia, superman, schizophrenia, shakespearian, sphyrna, shy away from, sapphirine, sheeprun, severn, sprain, Shah of Iran, saffranine, supreme, sporran, superhuman, supermom, soprano, sago fern, sperm, savarin, suborn, supremo, Safranin, sopranino, shipworm, sea bream.