Usage of "spurn" | TermGallery

португальский

recusar

каталонский

rebutjar

испанский

rechazar

Reject with contempt.

turn down

recusar

Синонимы

Examples for "scorn"

I laughed the idea to scorn; you maintained that it was possible. 
 Under the Andes 

In other words, don't open him up to public scorn or liability. 
 Calamity jayne 

Maurice Latey, working on the German Service, poured scorn on the offer. 
 BBC 

The first two commands he obeyed; the third he treated with scorn. 
 A History of the Moravian Church 

Western countries pour scorn on Russia's denials that it aids the rebels. 
 Reuters 

Either house could reject the resolution, and the president has veto power. 
 Reuters 

There are a number of reasons why workers should reject Partnership 2000: 
 The Irish Times 

I believe you wish to reject this power you carry within yourself. 
 The pretender's crown 

South Korea's Defence Ministry officials said the government would reject the request. 
 Reuters 

If there is no change, don't be surprised if people reject Europe. 
 The Guardian 

Such political movements thrive on the ineloquent disdain of the political establishment. 
 The Irish Times 

The disdain for upper-class society would have been recognised at the time. 
 The Irish Times 

The wind hurled their words away in disdain of the puny effort. 
 Swirling Waters 

Israel, Bahrain and the UAE have in common their disdain for Iran. 
 News.com.au 

He regarded the bourgeoisie and the deputies with the same hateful disdain. 
 The Psychology of Revolution 

Despite the conference's one-sidedness, it was difficult to completely pooh-pooh its content. 
 Wired 

The standard riposte to concerns about automation is to pooh-pooh them. 
 The Guardian 

They used to pooh-pooh the idea of the alchemists that gold had medicinal virtue. 
 Là-bas 

This feature of the process renders it one which the strongest minded cannot pooh-pooh. 
 The Pagan Tribes of Borneo / A Description of Their Physical Mor... 

I suppose the tendency would have been to pooh-pooh it. 
 Robin 

If you do, you'll freeze off your tootsies, and make your lungs sick. 
 Back to God's Country and Other Stories 

My balls would freeze off, if they haven't already. He reached down and checked himself. 
 The Wolf’s Hour 

If you do want to freeze off the most valuable appendages of your hands, then go ahead. 
 Wired 

Now come on, my feet are about to freeze off. She put an arm around his shoulder. 
 Raising Stony Mayhall 

I wish I had a real girl friend, but you tactfully freeze off all the girls I like. 
 Lister's Great Adventure 

However, Evans said the opportunity was simply too good to turn down. 
 The Guardian 

Watson said it was possible the three would turn down the request. 
 Reuters 

However, her decision to turn down the historic offer ended up backfiring. 
 News.com.au 

However, if the oil starts smoking, turn down the heat without delay. 
 The South African 

Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. 
 Reuters 

Использование термина spurn на английском

However, it is thought that some funds will spurn a consortium arrangement. 
 The Irish Times 

You chose to spurn the first; now you must test the other. 
 The Parasite: A Story 

But I spurn the angel, and open my door to the beast. 
 My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year 

Thy step will no longer spurn the earth that it treads on. 
 "My Novel" — Volume 12 

But I spurn him for a hero- Irejecthim for a brother. 
 The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance 

That she would spurn me for leaving her alone in the woods. 
 The Name of the Wind 

He is the sixth man to spurn the loving lover's lovely love. 
 The Robot Who Looked Like Me 

If I died, she might mourn for me-dishonored ,shewould spurn me-- 
 Baron Trigault's Vengeance 

Why should God continue when we only spurn his offers of mercy? 
 And Judas Iscariot / Together with other evangelistic addresses 

And was I now, he asked me, to spurn and ruin him? 
 Victory: An Island Tale 

Is my love naught that he should wish thee to spurn it...? 
 "Unto Caesar" 

Prick him; beg; buffet; entreat; spurn; split the globe, he will not budge. 
 Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I 

He will believe both I and the Trojans spurn him and want war. 
 Helen of troy 

Not a man to spurn a challenge, he crosses without incident. 
 The Irish Times 

Another reason why Rhiannon could not spurn Edmyg, despite his perfidy. 
 Celtic fire 

They would themselves spurn the superstition that consecrates mere earthly dust. 
 Adèle Dubois / A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Bru... 