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

Teams LeBron spurned, including the Heat and Timberwolves, have seen players like Bam Adebayo and Anthony Edwards playfully vow to challenge him. — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

But a brief meeting led to a connection between the quarterbacks and set in motion one of the most surprising flips in recruiting history when the five-star prospect spurned Georgia at the 11th hour for Vanderbilt. — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 July 2026

The face of the NBA and arguably its greatest player ever spurned the idea of playing with his biggest rival in the Bay Area. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 24 July 2026

Nearly a decade ago, a city task force spurned proposals to ease those restrictions to foster housing development north of Fifth along Washington, said Mooney, who is retiring from the city effective July 31. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 22 July 2026

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