Synonyms: refuse, reject, decline, withhold, disallow, nix
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /spɜːn/ |
| Hyphenation | spurn |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑐𐑻𐑯 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) spurn | (I) spurned |
| (thou) spurnest | (thou) spurnedst |
| (he) spurns, spurneth | (he) spurned |
| (we) spurn | (we) spurned |
| (you) spurn | (you) spurned |
| (they) spurn | (they) spurned |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) spurn | (I) spurned |
| (thou) spurn | (thou) spurned |
| (he) spurn | (he) spurned |
| (we) spurn | (we) spurned |
| (you) spurn | (you) spurned |
| (they) spurn | (they) spurned |
| Imperative mood | |
| spurn | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| spurning | spurned |
| Afrikaans | weier |
|---|---|
| Catalan | refusar |
| Danish | nægte; vægre sig |
| Dutch | afkeuren; afwijzen; het vertikken; terugwijzen; vertikken; weigeren; afslaan |
| Esperanto | rifuzi; malakcepti |
| Faeroese | havna; sýta |
| French | refuser; rejeter; repousser |
| German | ablehnen; abschlagen; ausschlagen; versagen; weigern; verweigern |
| Icelandic | neita |
| Italian | rifiutarsi |
| Latin | negare |
| Malay | menolak |
| Norwegian | nekte |
| Papiamento | nenga |
| Portuguese | indeferir; negar‐se a; recusar |
| Saterland Frisian | ferseeke; fersichtje; ouliene; ouslo; uutslo; Wäigerenge; wäigerje |
| Spanish | rehusar |
| Sranan | mombi; weygri |
| Swedish | neka; vägra |
| Thai | ปฎิเสธ |
| West Frisian | ôfkitse; ôfwize |