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

Even so, the 55-year-old refuses to talk about who could run Octopus after him, even with his board.

— Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Aron refuses to forgive Adam for his lies about his mother, signs up for the Great War, and goes to his death.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of refuses

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Fox calls the deaths tragic but rejects responsibility Covering any armed conflict by definition involves peril.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
The series backs up 25 years to a Connecticut farm where father Cyrus Trask (Tracy Letts), a peg-legged Civil War veteran, rejects Charles’ gift of a new knife in favor of Adam’s present of a stray puppy, creating a long trail of jealousy.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of rejects

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Hur’s film declines to name a culprit, and its detractors argue the open ending points the finger at Park Chung-hee or his government.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
Don’t wait until performance declines to question your systems, structure or strategy.

— James Barlow, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026