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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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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