VERB | communication | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
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possession | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | refuse to accept | |
stative | refuse, defy, resist | elude, especially in a baffling way | |
possession | refuse, deny | refuse to let have | |
stative | refuse, resist, reject | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign / foreign tissue or organ | |
social | refuse, reject, turn down, turn away | refuse entrance or membership | |
NOUN | substance | refuse, garbage, food waste, scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
Sounds | rahfyuw'z; reh'fyuw.z; rihfyuw'z | |
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Rhymes | abuse ... values: 47 rhymes with uwz... |
Meaning | Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). | |
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Synonyms | garbage, food waste, scraps | |
Broader | waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | Any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted |
Spanish | migajas, restos, sobras | |
Catalan | deixalles, escombraries, rebuig, sobralles, sobres |
Meaning | show unwillingness towards. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They refuse to move | |
Synonym | decline | |
Narrower | contract out | refuse to pay a levy to a union for political use |
disobey | refuse to go along with | |
regret | decline formally or politely | |
reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | Reject with contempt | |
repudiate | refuse to recognize or pay | |
Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
Opposite | accept, consent, go for | Give an affirmative reply to |
Spanish | declinar, rehusar | |
Catalan | declinar, refusar |
Meaning | Refuse to accept. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something from somebody | |
Model | They refuse the money | |
Example | "He refused my offer of hospitality" | |
Synonyms | reject, pass up, turn down, decline | |
Narrower | bounce | refuse to accept and send back |
dishonor, dishonour | refuse to accept | |
Opposite | accept, take, have | Receive willingly something given or offered |
Similar to | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | Reject with contempt |
Spanish | declinar, denegar, desestimar, negar, rechazar, rehusar | |
Catalan | declinar, denegar, desestimar, negar, rebutjar, refusar | |
Nouns | refusal | a message refusing to accept / accept something that is offered |
Meaning | elude, especially in a baffling way. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | defy, resist | |
Narrower | beggar | Be beyond the resources of |
Broader | elude, escape | Be incomprehensible to |
Opposite | lend oneself, apply | Be applicable to |
Spanish | desafiar, oponerse, rechazar, resistir | |
Catalan | oposar-se |
Meaning | Refuse to let have. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody something | |
Model | They refuse them the money | |
Synonym | deny | |
Narrower | withhold, keep back | hold back |
Broader | keep, hold on | Retain possession of |
Opposite | allow, grant | Let have |
Similar to | deny, abnegate | deny oneself (something) |
Spanish | negar | |
Catalan | negar | |
Nouns | refusal | the act of refusing / refusing / refusing |
Meaning | resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign / foreign tissue or organ. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | resist, reject | |
Broader | react, respond | show a response or a reaction to something |
Meaning | Refuse entrance or membership. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | reject, turn down, turn away | |
Opposite | admit, allow in, let in, intromit | Allow to enter |
Similar to | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | Reject with contempt |
Nouns | refusal | the act of refusing / refusing / refusing |
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