Synonyms of spurning

spurning

verb

present participle of spurn

as in rejecting

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

• rejecting
• refusing
• declining
• ignoring
• denying
• passing
• avoiding
• dismissing
• withdrawing
• disapproving
• repudiating
• vetoing
• forbidding
• nixing
• disputing
• turning down
• reprobating
• throwing over
• passing up
• deselecting
• disdaining
• balking (at)
• rebuffing
• scorning
• negativing
• throwing out
• overruling
• prohibiting
• renouncing
• scouting
• proscribing
• turning one's back on
• retracting
• forswearing
• disavowing
• revoking
• forbearing
• abjuring
• sticking
• blowing off
• bypassing
• disclaiming
• recalling
• contradicting
• refuting
• disowning
• shooting down
• recanting
• negating
• abstaining (from)
• gainsaying
• disproving
• refraining (from)
• reneging
• detouring
• rebutting
• taking back
• controverting
• disallowing
• backtracking
• unsaying
• disagreeing (with)
• backing down
• backing off

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accepting
• approving
• receiving
• taking
• agreeing (to)
• adopting
• embracing
• tolerating
• swallowing
• welcoming
• agreeing
• countenancing
• acceding
• condoning
• assenting
• selecting
• consenting
• choosing
• supporting
• acquiescing
• espousing
• handpicking

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of spurning

On Tuesday afternoon, transfer guru Fabrizio Romano reported that Salah was headed to Turkey to play for Trabzonspor, spurning whatever advances Sporting had made for the star. — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2026

Bo Bichette made his first appearance in Philadelphia since spurning the Phillies to sign with the Mets last offseason. — CBS News, 18 June 2026

When Channing falls head-over-heels for the charismatic Minjae, spurning the overtures of an aggressive local politician, Dahee rallies to her side; both women become ensnared in a beachside town’s blood feuds and class conflicts, danger circling like gulls. — Hamilton Cain, Time, 4 Apr. 2026

Waning support for Israel, and increasingly bipartisan disapproval of the war in Iran, has loomed large over the primary elections, with candidates increasingly spurning the support of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and sharpening their criticism of the country. — Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2026

The application will test an agency that has promised to speed new gene-editing treatments to patients but has recently come under scrutiny from regulators, executives, and advocates for spurning a string of gene therapies for neurological diseases. — Jason Mast, STAT, 3 Mar. 2026

Leeds kept pushing, and kept winning the ball back, but for a good half-hour, City kept trying regardless, spurning the opportunity to go long to Antoine Semenyo, who looks a capable target man, but is no Haaland (nobody is). — Sam Lee, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026

After a lengthy standoff, Lane Kiffin finally made a decision on his coaching future by spurning the Ole Miss Rebels and a shot at a national title for the LSU Tigers. — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2025

People Magazine, spurning millions of sexy dead people, has once again chosen a Sexiest Man Alive. — Choire Sicha, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025