spurn

Other forms of spurn

past tense

spurned·

present participle

spurning·

third person

spurns·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about spurn

What does spurn mean?

spurn means "reject with contempt".

How many syllables are in spurn?

spurn has 1 syllable: spurn. In IPA it is /ˈspɝn/.

What is another word for spurn?

Close synonyms include reject, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is spurn a common word?

spurn is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.