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- Dictionaryref·use/rəˈfyo͞oz/
verb
- 1. indicate or show that one is not willing to do something: "I refused to answer"
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The meaning of REFUSE is to express oneself as unwilling to accept. How to use refuse in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Refuse.
REFUSE definition: 1. to say that you will not do or accept something: 2. unwanted waste material, especially…. Learn more.
refuse, decline, reject, spurn all imply nonacceptance of something. To decline is milder and more courteous than to refuse , which is direct and often emphatic in expressing determination not to accept what is offered or proposed: to refuse a bribe; to decline an invitation.
To refuse is to decline, deny, reject, or resist. If a stranger offers you candy, you should politely refuse.
[transitive] (of a thing) to fail to do what you want or expect it to do. The car refused to start. The problem simply refuses to go away.
Refuse definition: to decline to accept (something offered). See examples of REFUSE used in a sentence.
noun. 1.a. c1390–. Anything that is rejected, discarded, or thrown away; rubbish, waste, residue; (now esp.) household waste. Formerly also as a count noun. Also figurative and in figurative contexts. In early use also spec.: wool (or silk) of the poorest quality (see quots. 1443–5, 1455–6). c1390.
refuse, decline, reject, spurn all imply nonacceptance of something. To decline is milder and more courteous than to refuse , which is direct and often emphatic in expressing determination not to accept what is offered or proposed: to refuse a bribe; to decline an invitation.
REFUSE definition: 1. to say that you will not do or accept something: 2. waste: . Learn more.
1. a. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow: She was refused admittance. He refused treatment. b. To indicate unwillingness (to do something): refused to leave. 2. To decline to jump (an obstacle). Used of a horse. v.intr. To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
