refuse

/ɹəfjˈuz/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

verb

1. show unwillingness towards
   “he declined to join the group on a hike”
2. refuse to accept
   “He refused my offer of hospitality”
3. elude, especially in a baffling way
   “This behavior defies explanation”
4. refuse to let have
   “She denies me every pleasure”
5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
   “His body rejected the liver of the donor”
6. refuse entrance or membership
   “They turned away hundreds of fans”

noun

1. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

Synonyms for refuse

• decline
• reject
• pass up
• turn down
• defy
• resist
• deny
• turn away
• garbage
• food waste
• scraps

Antonyms of refuse

• accept

Words that rhyme with refuse

• lose
• fuse
• bruise
• confuse
• cruise
• infuse
• news
• ooze
• transfuse
• chartreuse
• choose
• misuse
• muse
• accuse
• amuse
• blues
• booze
• enthuse
• overuse
• recuse
• schmooze
• shmooze
• snooze
• suffuse
• bemuse
• clews
• cruse
• defuse
• horseshoes
• peruse