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Synonyms for refuse
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : ri-fyooz |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈfyuz |
Top 10 synonyms for refuse Other synonyms for the word refuse
- beg off
- brush off
- demur
- desist
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- dispense with
- dissent
- dodge
- dregs
- dross
- dump
- dunghill
- dust
- evade
- give thumbs down to
- hogwash
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- junk
- leavings
- litter
- make excuses
- muck
- nix
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- offal
- pass up
- refuse to receive
- regret
- rejectamenta
- remains
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- residue
- scraps
- scum
- sediment
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- shun
- slop
- spurn
- sweepings
- swill
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn from
- turn one's back on
- waste matter
- withdraw
- withhold
Définition of refuse
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French refuser "reject, disregard, avoid" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *refusare, frequentative form from past participle stem of Latin refundere "pour back, give back" (see refund (v.)). Related: Refused; refusing.
- noun garbage
- verb deny; say no
- But the purest and best matrons of Greece refuse to be my guests.
- Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
- This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "Then come and dine here," said Dick, unable to refuse a neighbour hospitality.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- When the news had spread, others came to join him, and he could not refuse.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- If the refuse matter were taken from that, there would be nothing left.
- Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
- Yet when I tell you that God did it you refuse the statement.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- As for the boys, not one of them promised to attend; but neither did they refuse.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- Here was an offer which the company in an English inn at that or any other date are slow to refuse.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Why resist, and refuse the glory of belonging to the faculty?
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- You laugh at my prescriptions, and refuse to take the remedy which I ordered.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
Antonyms for refuse
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