spurn

About 0.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
2. verb To reject something by pushing it away with the foot.
3. verb To waste; fail to make the most of (an opportunity)
4. verb To kick or toss up the heels.
5. noun An act of spurning; a scornful rejection.
6. noun A kick; a blow with the foot.
7. noun Disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.
8. noun A body of coal left to sustain an overhanging mass.

Similar words

scorn disdain reject turn down pooh-pooh freeze off insolent condemn rebuff repel

Often followed by

the at it me them head him a her

Word family

spurned spurner spurners spurning spurns