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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

contemned, declined, declined with thanks, denied, despised, disapproved, discarded, discounted, disdained, dismissed, disowned, excepted, excluded, forsaken, forsworn, ignored, jilted, loveless, lovelorn, not considered, rebuffed, refused, rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, unbeloved, uncherished, unloved

Dictionary Results for spurned:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

spurned
    adj 1: rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the
           altar" [syn: jilted, rejected, spurned]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Spurn \Spurn\ (sp[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spurned
   (sp[^u]rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Spurning.] [OE. spurnen to
   kick against, to stumble over, AS. spurnan to kick, offend;
   akin to spura spur, OS. & OHG. spurnan to kick, Icel. spyrna,
   L. spernere to despise, Skr. sphur to jerk, to push.
   [root]171. See Spur.]
   1. To drive back or away, as with the foot; to kick.
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            [The bird] with his foot will spurn adown his cup.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            I spurn thee like a cur out of my way. --Shak.
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   2. To reject with disdain; to scorn to receive or accept; to
      treat with contempt.
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            What safe and nicely I might well delay
            By rule of knighthood, I disdain and spurn. --Shak.
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            Domestics will pay a more cheerful service when they
            find themselves not spurned because fortune has laid
            them at their master's feet.          --Locke.
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