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Definition of Spurned
1. Adjective. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning. "Jilted at the altar"
Definition of Spurned
1. Verb. (past of spurn) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Spurned
1. spurn [v] - See also: spurn
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spurned
Literary usage of Spurned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... of Georgia, a champion of armed resistance who spurned the proposal of secession
from the empire—His career and writings—The exact nature of the offense ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1846)
"... at another time, would have been spurned from their society. Among the rest,
a colonel of cui- ..."
3. History of the United States of America Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1910)
"State after State spurned the Hartford proposals, even to the fairest of
constitutional amendments offered by that convention; New Jersey, Pennsylvania, ..."
4. International Courts of Arbitration by Thomas Balch (1912)
"Both kinds of arbitration, that legally organized and prepared in advance, that
which was advisory and voluntary, were summarily spurned, and there remained ..."
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