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- pronunciation:
- rih
fyuz
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
refuses, refusing, refused |
| definition 1: |
to decline to accept or give.
I have decided to refuse that job offer.The couple refused help from the social services.She refused permission for her son to go hunting.The hotel refused the couple a room.- synonyms:
- decline, deny, reject, repel, withhold
- antonyms:
- abide, accept, grant, proffer, provide
- similar words:
- abdicate, deprive, disallow, disapprove, discountenance, grudge, overrule, pass up, rebuff, repudiate, repulse, resist, scorn, spurn, veto
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| definition 2: |
to be unwilling to do (something).
I refuse to lend him any more money.[verb + infinitive
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Many citizens refused to obey the new law.[verb + infinitive
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- synonyms:
- decline
- similar words:
- balk at, deny, object to
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| related words: |
bar, blackball, boycott, except, exclude, flout, reject |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to not permit or agree to something.
He was asked to sign the petition but he refused.The boy wanted to go on the field trip, but his parents refused.- antonyms:
- acquiesce, agree, assent, comply
- similar words:
- balk, decline, demur, object, resist, scruple
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| derivation: |
refusable (adj.) |
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