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Words related to refuse

Related / Similar Words: garbage, food waste, scraps, decline, deny, reject, pass up, turn down, turn away, defy, resist

Definition:

food that is discarded (as from a kitchen);

show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike";

refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance";

refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality";

refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs";

elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation";

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor";

Hyponyms: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down, contract out, regret, repudiate, disobey, withhold, keep back, dishonor, dishonour, bounce, beggar

Grouped Verbs: deny, abnegate, reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down

Derivational Morphology: refusal, denier, declination, regrets, nonacceptance, turndown, rejection, cull, reject

Anagrams: surfer, suffer

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