SPURNS Synonyms: 127 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb

present tense third-person singular of spurn

as in refuses

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help

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noun

plural of spurn

as in rebuffs

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Recent Examples of spurns

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And Newsom typically spurns laws that make changes to the state budget after those fiscal discussions conclude in the first half of the calendar year. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026 The pool of journalists who took that protective journey with him reflected the very racial and gender diversity that the current president spurns today. — Sonya Ross For The Atlanta Journal-Contitution, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026 But when a suspicious blaze kills their mom and dad, Guinevere carries on the legacy Ennis spurns, until the past erupts into the present, revealing terrifying truths about who their parents really were. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026 The New York Knicks’ president, a stout, taciturn man, surly about the mouth, who spurns engagement with the media but whose competence no contemporary Knicks follower can gainsay, stands in a crowd, surrounded by cheering fans. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for spurns

Verb

The Western Illinois recruit thrives on meting out punishment and refuses to go down easily.

— Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026
To join the tide of anti-intellectualism that refuses to take this seriously or rise to the challenge of doing so, as Tate has done with this exhibition, is a grave shame.

— Eliza Goodpasture, ARTnews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of refuses

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Still, the ratings declines are a problem for Fox and Fox News, which will need to turn things around at some point.

— Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2026
Rama asks Lakshmana to share the responsibilities of government and accept the position of heir apparent, but Lakshmana declines.

— Tamanna Nangia, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Oct. 2026