refusing
ADJECTIVE
negative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
abrogating
annulling
anti
con
contrary
contravening
denying
disallowing
disavowing
dissenting
gainsaying
impugning
invalidating
jaundiced
naysaying
neutralizing
nullifying
opposing
recusant
rejecting
removed
resisting
WEAK
Antonyms
ADJECTIVE
noncompliant
Synonyms
Antonyms
NOUN
denial
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK
NOUN
traversal
Synonyms
STRONG
abnegation
adjuration
brush-off
contradiction
declination
disaffirmation
disapproval
disavowal
disclaimer
disproof
dissent
forswearing
nay
negation
negative
nix
nonacceptance
prohibition
protestation
rebuff
rebuttal
refutal
refutation
rejection
renouncement
renunciation
repudiation
repulse
retraction
statement
turndown
veto
WEAK
Antonyms
Example Sentences
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She pointed out that there were "structural abnormalities" in ward drains which allowed stagnation of the water, and nurses had reported "black muck refluxing from the drains back into the sink".
From BBC • Oct. 1, 2024