Synonyms of spurned

spurned

verb

past tense of spurn

as in rejected

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rejected
• refused
• declined
• ignored
• denied
• passed
• dismissed
• avoided
• vetoed
• withdrew
• disapproved
• repudiated
• nixed
• disputed
• turned down
• threw over
• reprobated
• balked (at)
• forbade
• passed up
• rebuffed
• deselected
• scorned
• threw out
• disdained
• overruled
• negatived
• scouted
• renounced
• prohibited
• proscribed
• turned one's back on
• retracted
• disavowed
• recalled
• revoked
• blew off
• contradicted
• recanted
• shot down
• gainsaid
• refuted
• disclaimed
• disowned
• abjured
• bypassed
• forbore
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• forswore
• stuck
• negated
• detoured
• rebutted
• disproved
• took back
• reneged
• disallowed
• backtracked
• disagreed (with)
• controverted
• unsaid
• backed off
• backed down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepted
• approved
• received
• agreed (to)
• adopted
• tolerated
• swallowed
• took
• embraced
• welcomed
• agreed
• acquiesced
• selected
• consented
• countenanced
• condoned
• chose
• supported
• acceded
• assented
• espoused
• handpicked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spurned

And many of the best and brightest scientists and researchers spurned by America are going to other countries and are hired by businesses abroad that compete with our own—including, as Lee anticipated, China. — Robert Hormats, Time, 4 July 2026

Beulah's spurned heir Joaquin (Juan Pablo Raba) calls up the mysterious Mariana (Raoul Max Trujillo) to help with his many problems, which include his ranch-usurping half-brother Rob-Will and those Duttons from Montana. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Labour spurned the chance to tell a positive story about the need to hike taxes to mend Britain’s public services, gutted by years of Conservative austerity. — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 22 June 2026

Just last week, UniQure announced it was cleared to submit an application for a Huntington’s disease gene therapy that the agency had previously spurned and that former commissioner Marty Makary appeared to disparage on national television. — Jason Mast, STAT, 22 June 2026

In 2024, voters in California and Massachusetts, two of the most leftward-leaning states in the nation, spurned ballot measures that would have resulted in minimum wage increases. — Paxton Honerkamp, CNBC, 21 June 2026

Mbappe spurned two openings, first mis-controlling very early in the game when picked out by Olise and then denied well by Senegal goalkeeper Edouard Mendy. — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 16 June 2026

Salome, spurned by Jokanaan’s rejection, agrees. — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026

Being based in Austin, Davis voiced particular dismay at having been spurned by his hometown school, the University of Texas. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 12 May 2026