refuse

Speech parts

1. refuse - Noun

2. refuse - Adjective

3. refuse - Verb

Meaning

Refusal.

To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.

To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the center, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular aligment when troops ar/ about to engage the enemy; as, to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks.

To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of; as, to refuse a suitor.

To disown.

To deny compliance; not to comply.

That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.

Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

decline reject garbage turn down resist deny trash rubbish waste debris oppose veto dismiss sewage renounce
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Antonyms

accept commission goody commerce award will
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Hypernyms

keep escape waste respond react elude

Hyponyms

reject regret bounce disdain withhold scorn

Phrases with the word

refuse entry refuse bin refuse to give kitchen refuse refuse to obey refuse dump

Derivatives

refused refusing

Examples

If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the pleasures of the flesh than to serve the Lord, and refuse to accept the Gospel life, there is no common ground between me and them. Basil of Caesarea

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. W. Somerset Maugham

I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak. Lillian Hellman

A great river does not refuse any small streams. Korean Proverb

It is easier to take a couple of drinks than to refuse them. Polish Proverb

Don't refuse a wing to the one who gave you the chicken. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

refusal to obey refusal to vote refusant refuse a permit refuse access to refuse admission to