spurned

[ spurnd ]

/ spɜrnd /

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adjective

treated or rejected with scorn or contempt:It should be instructive to us that some of the spurned recommendations were very effective when belatedly implemented years after they were made.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of spurn.

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Origin of spurned

spurn + -ed²

OTHER WORDS FROM spurned

un·spurned, adjective

Words nearby spurned

spurge family, spurge laurel, Spurgeon, spurious, spurn, spurned, spur-of-the-moment, spur on, spurred, spurrey, spurrier

How to use spurned in a sentence

Both candidates have pledged to sign the security pact that outgoing President Hamid Karzai has spurned.
A Time Bomb in Afghanistan’s Ballot Box|Kimberly Dozier|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Bush administration neocons, salivating over regime change in Iran, spurned this extraordinary deal.
Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick On How Obama Should Handle the Crisis In Syria|Oliver Stone, Peter Kuznick|October 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To the fury of the old guard, he spurned the right wing of his party to win the Republican presidential nomination in 1940.
The Fight Over America’s Entrance to WWII|Sandra McElwaine|April 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Eli Lake on the years of mistrust (and spurned cash) between the two nations.
Why Algeria Didn’t Warn the U.S. About Its Hostage Raid|Eli Lake|January 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The lesson is this: Spurned lovers have a tendency to go ballistic.
Paula Broadwell, Eminem, & More Spurned Lovers Who Went Ballistic|Paula Froelich|November 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
He spurned the bundle with his foot, while the stranger stopped suddenly, as if a blow had been struck him.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
In a strong man's love for his home and his mate was it rooted, and drew therefrom the wormwood of love thwarted and spurned.
Cabin Fever|B. M. Bower
He ate irregularly, of such things as he could put his hands upon; and sleep fled from him like a mistress spurned.
Love's Pilgrimage|Upton Sinclair
Elizabeth spurned this indirect mode of acknowledging herself guilty.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe
They then reviled him, and spurned him away from their sight, and began to meditate measures of violence against him.
Fox's Book of Martyrs|John Foxe