spurn
verb (used with object)
to reject with disdain; scorn.
spurner
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a word derived from
spurn.
Example Sentences
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And all eyes are on Craig Mackail-Smith - spurner of two fine opportunities.
From BBC ● May 29, 2011
“The non-hero returns. The ungrateful, the selfish, the spurner of gifts. Come to complain some more?”
From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia
Unfortunately the bishop was also of a proud and unyielding character, and he nursed resentment in his heart against this spurner of his authority.
From Legends of the Rhine by Wilhelm Ruland
Sweet on cornfields and the Baby; Yet of Romney's grace no spurner, Or the golden dreams of Turner.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 22, 1890 by Various
I am neither a condemner nor a spurner," Malchus said indignantly; "I say only that I believe you worship them wrongfully, that you do them injustice.
From The Young Carthaginian A Story of The Times of Hannibal by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
