| NOUN | substance | refuse, garbage, food waste, scraps | food that is discarded (as from a kitchen) |
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| VERB | communication | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Catalan | refusar | |
| Spanish | rehusar | |
| 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 |
| Catalan | rebutjar, refusar | |
| Spanish | rechazar | |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Catalan | negar | |
| Spanish | 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 |