Spurn and Slight

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Spurn

Spurn verb - To show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to.

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Slight is a synonym for spurn in reject topic. In some cases you can use "Slight" instead a verb "Spurn", when it comes to topics like ignore, scorn, shun, snub.

Nearby Words: spur, spurned, spurning

Slight

Slight verb - To deliberately ignore or treat rudely.

Usage example: as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with

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Spurn is a synonym for slight in insult topic. You can use "Spurn" instead a verb "Slight", if it concerns topics such as shun.

Nearby Words: slightly, slighted, slighting, slightingly

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