spurning
Turning away disdainfully
Spurning is the act of rejecting something contemptuously or disdainfully.
Where declining might be polite and refusing firm, spurning adds an element of scorn—pushing away what's offered as beneath consideration: His spurning of her advances humiliated her publicly.
The word often appears in romantic or literary contexts.
Abrupt, curt rejection
- refusalAct of declining
- dismissalRemoval from position
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
- declineDecrease or refuse
denial · turndown · knockback · repulse · nonacceptance · veto · disavowal · renunciation
Banishment from a group
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- isolationComplete separation from others
alienation · distancing · neglect · snubbing · aloofness · detachment · withdrawal · inattention
Hostile dismissive feeling
- disdainScornful disregard
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- disparagementCriticism meant to diminish
loathing · disgust · revulsion · condescension · haughtiness · sneering · ridicule · antipathy
rebuff
Abrupt, curt rejection
- refusalAct of declining
- dismissalRemoval from position
- repudiationFormal refusal to accept
decline · denial · turndown · knockback · repulse · nonacceptance · veto · disavowal · renunciation · exclusion
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
isolation · alienation · distancing · neglect · snubbing · aloofness · detachment · withdrawal · inattention · silence
scorn
Hostile dismissive feeling
disparagement · loathing · disgust · revulsion · condescension · haughtiness · sneering · ridicule · antipathy · aversion
- disrespectinsulting, belittling, demeaning, mocking, ridiculing
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- rejection wordsrejected, rebuffed, snubbed, refused, excluded
- abstinencesobriety, celibacy, chastity, teetotalism, fasting
- avoidanceavoidance, distancing, evasion, dodging, pulling away
- leavingdeparture, quit, walking away, withdrawing, bail
spurningadmiring
Feeling respect and approval
respecting · cherishing · esteeming · valuing · revering