Both Uses of
spurn
in
Great Expectations
- I was so humiliated, hurt, spurned, offended, angry, sorry,—I cannot hit upon the right name for the smart—God knows what its name was,—that tears started to my eyes.†
p. 64.3 *spurned = rejected as not good enough
- That she had done a grievous thing in taking an impressionable child to mould into the form that her wild resentment, spurned affection, and wounded pride found vengeance in, I knew full well.†
p. 423.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(spurn) reject as not good enough
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Less commonly, and archaically, spurn can mean to strike or kick.