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English verb: spurn | |||
| 1. | spurn (communication) reject with contempt | ||
| Samples | She spurned his advances. | ||
| Synonyms | disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, turn down | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | decline, refuse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | rebuff, repel, snub | ||
| Verb group | decline, pass up, refuse, refuse, reject, reject, turn away, turn down, turn down | ||
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