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Refuse [ri-fyooz]
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refuse [ri-fyooz]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: garbage
Synonyms: debris, dregs, dross, dump, dunghill, dust, hogwash, junk, leavings, litter, muck, offal, rejectamenta, remains, residue, rubbish, scraps, scum*, sediment, slop, sweepings, swill, trash, waste, waste matter
Notes: one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered
Antonyms: assets, possessions, property
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: balk
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stop short
Synonyms: cramp, crimp, demur, desist, dodge, evade, flinch, hesitate, recoil, refuse, resist, shirk, shrink from, shy, turn down, upset apple cart
Main Entry: bar
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: prohibit
Synonyms: ban, boycott, circumvent, condemn, debar, deny, disallow, discountenance, discourage, eliminate, enjoin, except, exclude, exile, forbid, freeze out, frustrate, hinder, interdict, interfere, keep out, limit, obstruct, ostracize, outlaw, override, preclude, prevent, refuse, reject, restrain, rule out, segregate, shut out, stop, suspend
Antonyms: advocate, allow, open, permit
Main Entry: boycott
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ban; refrain from using
Synonyms: avoid, bar, blackball, blacklist, brush off, cut off, embargo, exclude, hold aloof from, ice out, ostracize, outlaw, pass by, pass up, prohibit, proscribe, refuse, reject, shut out, snub, spurn, strike, withhold patronage
Notes: a boycott is an organized popular protest, while an embargo is usually imposed by a government
Antonyms: buy, encourage, support, use
Main Entry: chaff
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: waste
Synonyms: crust, debris, dregs, husks, pod, refuse, remains, rubbish, shard, shell, trash
Main Entry: debris
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: litter, waste
Synonyms: bits, crap, detritus, dregs, dross, fragments, garbage, junk, offal, pieces, refuse, remains, riffraff, rubbish, rubble, ruins, trash, wreck, wreckage
Antonyms: cleanliness, neatness, purity
Main Entry: decline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: say no
Synonyms: abjure, abstain, avoid, balk, beg to be excused, bypass, demur, deny, desist, disapprove, dismiss, don't buy, forbear, forgo, gainsay, nix, not accept, not hear of, not think of, pass on, refrain, refuse, reject, renounce, reprobate, repudiate, send regrets, shy, spurn, turn down, turn thumbs down
Antonyms: accept, say yes
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, stickle, strain, take exception, vacillate, wait and see, waver
Antonyms: accept, agree, consent, go along
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