Words Like REFUSE

We have put together a list of words that are similar to REFUSE.

20 Alternative Words Similar to refuse

1 Waste Noun      Synonym Words Like Waste
2 Decline Verb      Synonym Words Like Decline
3 Reject Verb      Synonym Words Like Reject
4 Defy Verb      Synonym Words Like Defy
5 Resist Verb      Synonym Words Like Resist
6 Deny Verb      Synonym Words Like Deny
7 Escape Verb      Synonym Words Like Escape
8 Keep Verb      Synonym Words Like Keep
9 React Verb      Synonym Words Like React
10 Respond Verb      Synonym Words Like Respond
11 Accept Verb      Antonym Words Like Accept
12 Admit Verb      Antonym Words Like Admit
13 Allow Verb      Antonym Words Like Allow
14 Worthless Adjective      Synonym Words Like Worthless
15 Dishonor Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dishonor
16 Dishonour Verb      Hyponym Words Like Dishonour
17 Bounce Verb      Hyponym Words Like Bounce
18 Withhold Verb      Hyponym Words Like Withhold
19 Repudiate Verb      Hyponym Words Like Repudiate
20 Turndown Verb      Hyponym Words Like Turndown

4 examples of refuse

1 to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
2 to refuse a suitor
3 Black people were often rejected by country clubs
4 he denies her her weekly allowance

10 definitions of refuse

1 To deny, as a request, demand, invitation, or command; to decline to do or grant.
2 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.
3 To decline to accept; to reject; to deny the request or petition of.
4 To disown.
5 To deny compliance; not to comply.
6 Refusal.
7 That which is refused or rejected as useless; waste or worthless matter.
8 Refused; rejected; hence; left as unworthy of acceptance; of no value; worthless.
9 resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
10 refuse to accept
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