spurn

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• UK: /spɜːn/
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• US: /spɝn/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)n
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From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject; stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to tread, kick, knock out”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-. Cognate with Scots spurn (“to strike, push, kick”), German spornen (“to spur on”), Icelandic sporna, spyrna (“to kick”), Latin spernō (“despise, distain, scorn”). Related to spur and spread.

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отхвърляне (othvǎrljane) — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Czech: opovržení — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Czech: odmítnutí — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Galician: desdén — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• German: Verschmähen — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• German: Verschmähung — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Hungarian: elutasítás — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Hungarian: visszutasítás — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Hungarian: mellőzés — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Māori: tīkapenga — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Russian: презри́тельный отка́з (prezrítelʹnyj) — an act of spurning; a scornful rejection
• Bulgarian: ритник (ritnik) — a kick
• French: coup de pied — a kick
• German: Tritt — a kick
• Italian: calcio — a kick
• Portuguese: chute — a kick
• Russian: пино́к (pinók) — a kick
• Spanish: patada — a kick
• Turkish: çifte — a kick
• Bulgarian: отхвърлям с презрение (othvǎrljam s prezrenie) — to reject disdainfully
• Czech: odmítnout — to reject disdainfully
• Czech: odvrhnout — to reject disdainfully
• Czech: zavrhnout — to reject disdainfully
• Dutch: versmaden minachten — to reject disdainfully
• Esperanto: malestime rifuzi — to reject disdainfully
• French: renier — to reject disdainfully
• French: dédaigner — to reject disdainfully
• Galician: desdeñar — to reject disdainfully
• German: verschmähen — to reject disdainfully
• German: abweisen — to reject disdainfully
• German: verachten — to reject disdainfully
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (frakunnan) — to reject disdainfully
• Ancient Greek: ἀναίνομαι (anaínomai) — to reject disdainfully
• Latin: spernō — to reject disdainfully
• Māori: tīkape — to reject disdainfully
• Māori: whakahoe — to reject disdainfully
• Māori: parahako — to reject disdainfully
• Middle English: schonen — to reject disdainfully
• Portuguese: desdenhar — to reject disdainfully
• Russian: презри́тельно отверга́ть (prezrítelʹno) — to reject disdainfully
• Sanskrit: स्फुरति (sphurati) — to reject disdainfully
• Spanish: desdeñar — to reject disdainfully
• Swedish: avvisa — to reject disdainfully
• Swedish: förkasta — to reject disdainfully
• Swedish: försmå — to reject disdainfully
• Turkish: burun kıvırmak — to reject disdainfully
• Turkish: tenezzül etmemek — to reject disdainfully
• Bulgarian: отритвам (otritvam) — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• German: treten — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• German: mit Füßen treten — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• Hungarian: elrúg — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• Hungarian: eltaszít — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• Māori: tīkape — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• Māori: whakareke — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• Russian: пина́ть (pinátʹ) — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• Turkish: tepmek — to reject by pushing away with the foot
• French: dédaigner — to waste; fail to make the most of
• German: vertun — to waste; fail to make the most of
• German: vergeben — to waste; fail to make the most of