Refuse

/ˈɹɛfjuːs/

Synonyms for "refuse" (398 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (80)

Noun(18 words)

garbage balk balking balks boycott boycotting boycotts castoffs declinedecline in activitydecline of civilizationdeclinesdeclining demanddemur demurer denial deny denying

abjure abstain afterglow afterimage balance balk ban barbe unmovedbe unwillingbeat backbeg offbegrudge bilge bilgewater bones boycottbrush asidebrush offbutt

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butt endcandle endscarrion castaway castoff chaff chasechase awaychase offchuckchuck outcollateral contemn contradict culm cut deadwood debar debris declinedecline to acceptdeep sixdeny deprivedeprive of

Verb(16 words)

balked begged begrudge begrudged begrudges bounced brooking decline declined declining defy demurring denied denies denydeny permission

Adjective(1 words)

dead things

Strong matches (119)

derelict despise detritus dirt disagree disallow disapprove discard discarding disclaim discount disdain dishwater dismiss disown dispense disposal disregard dissent ditchwater

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dogie draff dregsdrive awaydrive backdross dump dumping dust dustheap elimination embargo end enjoin except excludeexclude fromfag endfend offfilings filth flotsamflotsam and jetsamforbid forswear fossil foundling garbage gash grudge hogwash holdhold offhold outhold out againstholdover husk husks ignore inhibit interdict jetsam jettison junk junkingkeep backkeep offkelter lagan leavings lees leftover leftovers litter loathe lumber muck negate negative

Noun(18 words)

disallowing disavowingdiscard samplediscards dishonor dishonors dissents dockagefood wastegrudgesignore requestignore the factsignoring instructionsitalian negarejib jibs junk naysaying

Verb(18 words)

disallows disapproved disapproving disavowsdiscard place value materialsdiscarded disdaining disinclinesdismiss a proposaldismiss findingsdismissed dismisses dismissing disobey disobeyed disoblige gainsaidignore feedback

Adjective(4 words)

discarded itemdisobligedgentle declinehousehold refuse

Related words (199)

Noun(31 words)

nix nonsupport objects ordure protest rebuffing rebuffs refusalrefusal to complyrejectrejected materialrejection rejects reprobates repudiating repulses resister resisting scraps shunning

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snubbing spites spurning trash trashes vetoes waste wastes waving withhold withholding

Adjective(4 words)

nonconforming conductrepulsive conductsteady declineuninviting

not allownot buynot consentnot hear ofnot think ofobjectodds and endsoffal offscourings orphan orts outlawpack offparing parings passpass bypass uppelf potsherds

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preclude prevent prohibit proscribepush asidepush backput backrag rags rasping raspings rebuff recantrefuse consentrefuse to considerreject rejectamenta rejection relics remainder remains remnant removal renounce repel repress reprobate repudiate repulse residue residuumresist entreatyresist persuasionrest riffraff rinsing roach rubbish ruin ruinsrule outrump sawdustsay naysay nosay no toscouring scourings scout scrapscrap ironscrapping scraps scumscum of the earthscurfsend awaysend offsend packingsewage sewerage shadow shard shards shaving shavingsshove awayshunshut outslack slag slop slops slough snub soil spurnstand aloofstraw stubble stump suppress survival sweepings swill taboo tare taresthrow awaythrow outthrowawaythrust backtrace trash turnturn awayturn backturn downturn outvestige vetovote nayvote negativelywaifwaifs and strayswaiveward offwastage wastewaste matterwastepaper wastrel weed weeds withhold

Verb(29 words)

opposeoppose changeopposes overruledpass uprebuffedrefuse paymentrefused reject rejected repudiated repudiates repulsed resist resisted resists shrugged shun spurned spurns

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swattedturn awayturn downunmind waved withheldwithhold the capitalwithholdswon't

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

19 entries

action decision denydiscarded materialelude escape evaluatehold onjudge keeppass judgmentreact respond response verb waste

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More specific

12 entries

construction debrisdecline invitationdeny accessdeny entrydeny permissiondeny requesthousehold wasteindustrial refusenegative replyrebuffreject offerveto

Collocations

11 entries

garbagehousehold refusekitchen refuselandfilllandfill refuserecyclingrefuse bagrefuse collectionrefuse disposaltrash waste

Inflections

3 entries

refused refuses refusing

Derivations

2 entries

refusable refusal

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

9 entries

abnegate deny disdainfreeze offpooh-pooh reject scorn spurnturn down

Translations

101 translations across 66 languages.

Afrikaans

1 entries

weier verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Arabic

2 entries

أَبَى verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
رَفَضَ verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Armenian

1 entries

մերժել verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Bangi

1 entries

boya verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Basque

2 entries

baztertu verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
uko egin verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Belarusian

2 entries

адка́зваць verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
адмаўля́ць verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Bulgarian

1 entries

отка́звам verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Burmese

1 entries

ပယ်ရှား verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Catalan

2 entries

rebutjar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
refusar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Cebuano

1 entries

balibad verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Chichewa

1 entries

-kana verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

回絕 /回绝 verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
拒絕 /拒绝 verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Cornish

1 entries

denagha verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Czech

1 entries

odmítnout verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Danish

1 entries

afslå verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Dutch

2 entries

afslaan verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
weigeren verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Esperanto

1 entries

rifuzi verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Finnish

1 entries

kieltäytyä verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

French

1 entries

refuser verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Galician

1 entries

recusar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Georgian

3 entries

უარს ამბობს verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
უარს იტყვის verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
უარყოფს verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

German

4 entries

ablehnen verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
abschlagen verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
sich weigern verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
verweigern verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Gothic

1 entries

𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Greek

1 entries

αρνούμαι verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Haitian Creole

1 entries

refize verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Higaonon

1 entries

balibad verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Hindi

2 entries

अस्वीकार करना verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
अस्वीकारना verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Hungarian

3 entries

elutasít verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
megtagad verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
visszautasít verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Ido

1 entries

refuzar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Indonesian

1 entries

menolak verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Irish

3 entries

cuir suas do verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
eitigh verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
éar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Italian

1 entries

rifiutare verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Japanese

3 entries

否む verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
拒む verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
断る verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Kapampangan

1 entries

payalyan verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Khmer

1 entries

បដិសេធ verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Korean

1 entries

거절하다 verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Lao

1 entries

ປະຕິເສດ verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Latin

2 entries

abnegō verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
recūsō verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Lingala

1 entries

boya verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Macedonian

2 entries

одбива verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
одбие verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Middle English

1 entries

wernen verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Mongolian

1 entries

татгалзах verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Māori

3 entries

kape verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
meko verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
whakanau verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

uhara verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
uharaya verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Norman

1 entries

r'fuser verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

avslå verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Odia

1 entries

ନାହିଁ କରିବା verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Oromo

1 entries

diduu verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Persian

1 entries

رد کردن verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Polish

1 entries

odrzucać verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Portuguese

1 entries

recusar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Quechua

2 entries

mana quy verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
mananchay verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Russian

4 entries

отка́зывать verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
отказа́ть verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
отклони́ть verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
отклоня́ть verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

diùlt verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

òdbiti verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
о̀дбити verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Sidamo

1 entries

gib- verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Slovak

2 entries

odmietať verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
odmietnuť verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Spanish

1 entries

rehusar verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Swahili

2 entries

-dinda verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
-kanusha verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Swedish

2 entries

avslå verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
vägra verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Telugu

1 entries

నిరాకరించు verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Thai

1 entries

ปฏิเสธ verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Turkish

1 entries

reddetmek verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Ukrainian

1 entries

відмовля́ти verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Vietnamese

1 entries

từ chối verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Welsh

4 entries

gomedd verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
gwarafun verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
gwrthod verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))
nacáu verb ((transitive) decline (request, demand))

Sample sentences

23 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

I refuse to be treated like a slave by you.

Source: tatoeba (17451)

You did wrong to refuse his help.

Source: tatoeba (17752)

I refuse to consent to that plan.

Source: tatoeba (48547)

When Sony came back with a 2 billion bid, CBS could not refuse.

Source: tatoeba (50749)

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