Give the cold shoulder to

The answer

SPURN

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SPURN answer page.

Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1965. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• SNUB (36 uses in xd)
• SHUN (32 uses in xd)
• IGNORE (11 uses in xd)
• BRUSHOFF (1 uses in xd)
• REBUFF (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for SPURN

Every other clue in this collection answered by SPURN, most used first.

• Reject - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
• Reject with disdain - used 19 times, most recently in 2025
• Rebuff - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Brush off - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Reject rudely - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Reject disdainfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Reject with contempt - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
• Turn away - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
• Brush aside - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Cold-shoulder - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Give the cold shoulder - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
• Turn down - used 6 times, most recently in 2019

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• In the know - AWARE, used 356 times
• Give a speech - ORATE, used 197 times
• To the point - TERSE, used 194 times
• Take the wheel - STEER, used 188 times
• Cream of the crop - ELITE, used 175 times
• In the lead - AHEAD, used 166 times

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