Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spurn
Participle: spurned
Gerund: spurning
Indicative
Present
| I | spurn |
| you | spurn |
| he;she;it | spurns |
| we | spurn |
| you | spurn |
| they | spurn |
Perfect
| I | have spurned |
| you | have spurned |
| he;she;it | has spurned |
| we | have spurned |
| you | have spurned |
| they | have spurned |
Past
| I | spurned |
| you | spurned |
| he;she;it | spurned |
| we | spurned |
| you | spurned |
| they | spurned |
Pluperfect
| I | had spurned |
| you | had spurned |
| he;she;it | had spurned |
| we | had spurned |
| you | had spurned |
| they | had spurned |
Future
| I | will spurn |
| you | will spurn |
| he;she;it | will spurn |
| we | will spurn |
| you | will spurn |
| they | will spurn |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spurned |
| you | will have spurned |
| he;she;it | will have spurned |
| we | will have spurned |
| you | will have spurned |
| they | will have spurned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spurn |
| you | spurn |
| he;she;it | spurn |
| we | spurn |
| you | spurn |
| they | spurn |
Perfect
| I | have spurned |
| you | have spurned |
| he;she;it | have spurned |
| we | have spurned |
| you | have spurned |
| they | have spurned |
Imperfect
| I | spurned |
| you | spurned |
| he;she;it | spurned |
| we | spurned |
| you | spurned |
| they | spurned |
Pluperfect
| I | had spurned |
| you | had spurned |
| he;she;it | had spurned |
| we | had spurned |
| you | had spurned |
| they | had spurned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spurn |
| you | would spurn |
| he;she;it | would spurn |
| we | would spurn |
| you | would spurn |
| they | would spurn |
Perfect
| I | would have spurned |
| you | would have spurned |
| he;she;it | would have spurned |
| we | would have spurned |
| you | would have spurned |
| they | would have spurned |
Imperative
| you | spurn |
| we | Let's spurn |
| you | spurn |
Verbs conjugated like 'spurn'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spurn'
spur,
spurt,
burn,
churn,
gurn,
inurn,
mourn,
nurn,
pern,
pirn,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
- despise
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English spurnen, spornen, from Old English spurnan (“to strike against, kick, spurn, reject; stumble”), from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną (“to tread, kick, knock out”), from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
2. Cognate with Scots spurn (“to strike, push, kick”), German spornen (“to spur on”), Icelandic sporna, spyrna (“to kick”), Latin spernō (“despise, distain, scorn”). Related to spur and spread. See: Middle English '
spurnen', Old English '
spurnan', Proto-Germanic '
*spurnaną', German, old spelling '
anspornen', Icelandic '
sporna', Latin '
spernō'.
Verbs referencing "spurn"
Latin
sperno, Proto-Slavic
perti, Sanskrit
स्फुरति.
Sample Sentences
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[...] nature against the conviction of his conscience. He drank and swore,—was wilder and more brutal than ever. And, one night, when his mother, in the last agony of her despair, knelt at his feet, he spurned her from him,—threw her senseless on the floor, and, with brutal curses, fled to his ship. The next Legree heard of his mother was, when, one night, as he was carousing among drunken companions, a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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“ The more fool you ! ” said Legree, spitting scornfully at him, and spurning him with his foot. “ Never mind; I'll chase you down, yet, and bring you under,—you'll see ! ” and Legree turned away.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XL The Martyr “ Deem not the just by Heaven forgot ! Though life its common gifts deny, — Though, with a crushed and bleeding heart, And spurned of man, he goes to die ! For God hath marked each sorrowing day, And numbered every bitter tear, And heaven's long years of bliss shall pay For all his children suffer here. ” BRYANT.[1 ]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)