spurn
摒弃,吐弃,厌弃,吐
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Definitions
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- : to reject with disdain; scorn.
- : to treat with contempt; despise.
- : to kick or trample with the foot.
- 1
- : to show disdain or contempt; scorn something.
- 1
- : disdainful rejection.
- : contemptuous treatment.
- : a kick.
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Examples
LaSalvia went on to cite examples large and small of how the Republican Party had continued to spurn gay conservatives.
A Ted Cruz may spurn those local politicians, and instead build his campaign upon national organizations.
In a conversation with Charlie Rose, Melinda Gates said that foundations must act as catalysts to spurn governments into action.
So this group, it would seem, would spurn the GOP in November, with or without a Palin thrust.
Mutlaq is painfully aware that his own side will be harmed if they spurn a place at the table of the enfranchised.
I love to feel his body alive beneath me, love to feel him spurn the ground beneath his feet.
The soul appears to spurn the body, and take a transient flight without its dull associate—the—the—broke down, by Jupiter!
She knew he would not spurn her away: he must be kind, for she loved him dearly still.
Here was a woman's revenge, to bait, to charm, to spurn; and then to outwit him!
"Even Borroughcliffe, cold and hardened as he appears to be by habit, would spurn at such dishonor," added Miss Howard.