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.†
Chpt 8 *
- 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.†
Chpt 49
Definition:
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(spurn) reject as not good enough