Reject with contempt
The crossword clue "Reject with contempt" is answered by SPURN, a 5-letter entry. Used 7 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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 2022; first recorded in 1962. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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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
- Give the cold shoulder to - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Reject disdainfully - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- 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.
- Fill with joy - ELATE, used 232 times
- Put up with - ABIDE, used 183 times
- Connect with - TIETO, used 87 times
- Look of contempt - SNEER, used 78 times
- Go with the flow - ADAPT, used 77 times
- Change with the times - ADAPT, used 72 times
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