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Being spurned
verb
To reject disdainfully; contemn; scorn.
Exact(51)
Nollywood may soon have to use another storyline: being spurned for still using a BlackBerry.
She's sharp and clever, but frustrated – and burning up with anger at being spurned.
The police said Mr. Parsell had become enraged after being spurned by Miss Grech.
He underestimated the psychological effect on himself of being spurned by his own people.
Carl describes drawing on his signature strength of gratitude after being spurned by a love interest.
The reasons, she explained, include the stress of being different and being spurned by friends and family.
Similar(9)
These have been spurned.
That advice has been spurned.
Those conditions have been spurned by Washington.
He, too, has been spurned by the Academy.
That's the second good chance he's spurned.
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