spurned

American  

[spurnd] / spɜrnd /

adjective

1. 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.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of spurn.

Other Word Forms

• unspurned adjective

Etymology

Origin of spurned

spurn ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

When the singer put out “Red Rose Speedway” in 1973, the Village Voice spurned it as “possibly the worst album ever made by a rock and roller of the first rank.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Instead of using Leah’s name, the book spurned her as, “The relative … in whose house Miss Fox was then living.”

From Literature

On a night Gordon spurned one or two opportunities from open play, there was no chance of him letting go of the ball when he won his side another spot-kick before the break.

From BBC

Discovery is cracking open the door to allow spurned bidder, Paramount Skydance, to make its case — but Warner’s board still maintains its preference for Netflix’s competing proposal.

From Los Angeles Times

Takaichi spurned the chance for an apprenticeship at a Japanese conglomerate to instead take a job in Washington, D.C.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• decayed
• deserted
• ignored
• overlooked
• undervalued
• unused
• unwanted