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spurning

noun as in disbelief

noun as in unbelief

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Spurning a sale and forging ahead into a saturated social-media landscape certainly carries risk.

But the Israelis all but explicitly spurning peace will grievously imperil their own country.

A Jew learns to will what was necessity, to make a life from his or her familial and historical givens, rather than spurning them.

If those would-be authors see James as a model for success, one can imagine them spurning the submission process altogether.

In trying to fully embrace the Tea Party, the GOP runs the risk of spurning more moderate voters in the general election.

The spurning of Jaffery by Doria struck a chord of the heroic that ran through her strange, wild nature.

Spurning the loathsome object with his foot, he turned from it with the same indifference he would have quitted a brute carcass.

"Water within, water without," he said, spurning the water-logged punt.

With a strange gesture of disgust and spurning the Judge held her coldly off.

And spurning him haughtily back with his foot, he strode away.

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On this page you'll find 186 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to spurning, such as: distrust, incredulity, mistrust, atheism, dubiety, and nihilism.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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