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refuse - 20 thesaurus results
Main Entry: refuse
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: garbage
Synonyms: debris, dregs, dross, dump, dust, hogwash*, junk, litter, muck, offal, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop*, swill, trash, waste, dunghill, leavings, rejectamenta, sweepings, waste matter
Notes: one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered
Antonyms: assets, property, possessions
Main Entry: refuse
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deny; say no
Synonyms: beg off, brush off*, decline, demur, desist, disaccord, disallow, disapprove, dispense with, dissent, dodge, evade, give thumbs down to, hold back, hold off, hold out, ignore, make excuses, nix*, not budge, not budget, not buy, not care to, pass up, protest, rebuff, refuse to receive, regret, reject, repel, reprobate, repudiate, send off, send regrets, set aside*, shun, spurn, turn away, turn deaf ear to, turn down, turn from, turn one's back on, withdraw, withhold
Antonyms: accept, allow, approve, consent, grant, offer, ok, sanction
Main Entry: abstain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold back from doing
Synonyms: abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, fence-sit, forbear, forgo, give the go by, give up, go on the wagon, keep from, pass, pass up, quit, refrain, refuse, renounce, shun, sit on one's hands, sit on the fence, sit out, spurn, starve, stop, take the cure, take the pledge, withhold
Antonyms: indulge, use
Main Entry: boycott
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ban; refrain from using
Synonyms: avoid, bar, blackball*, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, ostracize, outlaw, pass by*, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out*, snub, spurn, strike, hold aloof from, ice out, pass up, withhold patronage
Antonyms: buy, encourage, support, use
Main Entry: chaff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: waste
Synonyms: crust, debris, dregs, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shell, trash, husks, shard
Main Entry: debris
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: litter, waste
Synonyms: detritus, dregs, dross, garbage, junk, offal, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage, bits, crap, fragments, pieces
Antonyms: cleanliness, neatness, purity
Main Entry: demur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree
Synonyms: balk, cavil, challenge, combat, complain, deprecate, disapprove, dispute, doubt, fight, hem and haw*, hesitate, object, oppose, pause, protest, pussyfoot*, refuse, remonstrate, resist, scruple, shy, stick, strain, vacillate, wait and see*, waver, stickle, take exception
Antonyms: accept, agree, consent, go along
Main Entry: deny
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree, renounce, decline
Synonyms: abjure, abnegate, ban, begrudge, contradict, contravene, controvert, curb, disallow, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discredit, disown, disprove, doubt, eschew, exclude, forbid, forgo, forsake, gainsay, hold back, negate, negative, nullify, oppose, rebuff, rebut, recant, refuse, refute, reject, repudiate, restrain, revoke, sacrifice, spurn, taboo, turn down, veto, withhold, call on, disacknowledge, enjoin from, keep back, not buy, say no to, take exception to, turn thumbs down
Antonyms: accede, acknowledge, admit, affirm, agree, allow, concede, confess, corroborate, grant, go along
Main Entry: disallow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reject, prohibit
Synonyms: abjure, cancel, censor, debar, deny, disavow, disclaim, dismiss, disown, embargo, exclude, forbid, kill, nix*, proscribe, put down, rebuff, refuse, repudiate, shut out, taboo*, veto, withhold, zing*, disacknowledge, keep back, pass on
Antonyms: allow, permit
Main Entry: disapprove
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: condemn
Synonyms: blame, censure, chastise, criticize, damn, decry, denounce, deplore, deprecate, detract, disallow, discountenance, disfavor, dislike, dismiss, expostulate, look down on, nix*, oppose, pan*, refuse, reject, remonstrate, reprehend, reprobate, reprove, slam, spurn, turn down, veto, zing*, discommend, disesteem, dispraise, find fault with, find unacceptable, frown on, look askance at, object to, pass on, set aside, take dim view of, take exception to
Antonyms: agree, approve, endorse, like, love, sanction
Main Entry: disavow
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reject
Synonyms: abjure, contradict, deny, disallow, disclaim, disown, drop out, forswear, gainsay, impugn, negate, negative, refuse, renege, repudiate, welsh, disacknowledge, go back on word, renig, wash hands of, weasel out of, worm out of
Antonyms: agree, approve, sanction, vouch for, vow
Main Entry: disclaim
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: deny
Synonyms: abandon, abjure, abnegate, belittle, contradict, contravene, criticize, decline, deprecate, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, discard, disown, disparage, forswear, gainsay, minimize, negate, recant, refuse, reject, renounce, repudiate, retract, revoke, spurn, traverse, disacknowledge, divorce oneself from, turn back on, wash hands of
Antonyms: accept, acknowledge, admit, allow, claim, own
Main Entry: disdain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: scorn
Synonyms: abhor, belittle, chill, contemn, deride, despise, disregard, hate, ignore, look down on, pooh-pooh*, put down*, refuse, reject, scout, slight, spurn, undervalue, be allergic to, look down nose at, misprize, sneer at
Antonyms: admire, approve, esteem, favor, praise, respect
Main Entry: dissent
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disagree
Synonyms: argue, balk, break with, buck, contradict, decline, demur, differ, discord, divide, object, oppose, protest, refuse, shy, vary, wrangle, disaccord, fly in the face of, pettifog, put up a fight, put up an argument, say no way, say not a chance, say nothing doing, stickle
Antonyms: agree, approve, assent, authorize, concur, consent, endorse, ratify, sanction
Main Entry: dust
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: tiny particles in the air
Synonyms: ashes, dirt, earth, filth, grime, grit, ground, powder, refuse, smut, soil, soot, cinders, dust bunnies, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, lint, loess, sand
Main Entry: exclude
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: expel, forbid
Synonyms: ban, bar, blackball*, blacklist, block, bounce, boycott, close out, count out, debar, disallow, eject, eliminate, embargo, estop, evict, except, get rid of, ignore, interdict, obviate, occlude, omit, ostracize, oust, pass over, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, put out, refuse, reject, remove, repudiate, rule out, shut out, sideline, suspend, throw out, veto, bate, drive out, force out, keep out, leave out, lock out, refuse admittance, set aside, shut the door on, ward off
Antonyms: accept, add, admit, allow, include, incorporate, take on, welcome
Main Entry: fend off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: keep at bay
Synonyms: avert, avoid, beat off*, deflect, drive back, hold at bay, keep at a distance, keep at arm's length, keep off, parry, rebuff, rebuke, rebut, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, resist, snub, spurn, stave off, turn aside, ward off
Antonyms: let in
Main Entry: filth
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: dirt, pollution
Synonyms: carrion, contamination, corruption, defilement, dregs, dung, excrement, feces, garbage, grime, impurity, manure, mire, muck, mud, refuse, sediment, sewage, silt, slime, slop, sludge, slush, smut, trash, crud, feculence, filthiness, foul matter, foulness, nastiness, ordure, putrefaction, putrescence, putridity, rottenness, sleaze, uncleanness
Antonyms: cleanliness, purity, sterility
Main Entry: grudge
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: feel resentful; give unwillingly
Synonyms: begrudge, complain, covet, deny, envy, hold back, mind, pinch, refuse, resent, stint, be reluctant, be stingy
Antonyms: favor, forgive
Main Entry: hogwash
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: nonsense
Synonyms: absurdity, balderdash*, baloney*, bull*, bunk*, debris, drivel*, foolishness, poppycock*, refuse, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle*, BS, hokum, hooey, horsefeathers, ridiculousness
Antonyms: sense, truth
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