English Explanatory Dictionary

refuse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Discarded, rejected.
noun
  1. Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
verb
  1. To decline (a request or demand).
  2. To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
  3. To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it.
  4. To throw back, or cause to keep back (as the centre, a wing, or a flank), out of the regular alignment when troops are about to engage the enemy.
  5. To disown.
noun
  1. refusal
verb
  1. To fuse again, as with, or after, heating or melting.

Pronunciation

rĕfʹyo͞os /ˈɹɛfjuːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-refuse (noun).wav rĭfyo͞ozʹ /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ en-uk-to refuse.ogg en-us-refuse.ogg rēfyo͞ozʹ /ɹiːˈfjuːz/

Word forms

refuse more refuse most refuse refuses refusing refused no-table-tags glossary refusest refusedst refuseth

Etymology

Borrowed into late Middle English from Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”). Displaced native Middle English wernen (“to refuse”)

Synonyms

discards garbage rubbish trash decline reject nill say no to turn down veto withsake withsay say no forbear

Related words

refusal refutal refute refusion reinfuse rejoin reweld

Derived words

bulky refuse refuse bin refuse chute refuse collector offer one can't refuse refusable refusednik refusingly unrefused unrefusing

Translations

Afrikaans: weier Arabic: رَفَضَ Arabic: أَبَى Armenian: մերժել Bangi: boya Basque: uko egin Basque: baztertu Belarusian: адмаўля́ць Belarusian: адка́зваць Bulgarian: отка́звам Burmese: ပယ်ရှား Catalan: refusar Catalan: rebutjar Cebuano: balibad Chichewa: -kana Chinese Mandarin: 拒絕 /拒绝 Chinese Mandarin: 回絕 /回绝 Ngazidja Comorian: uhara Ngazidja Comorian: uharaya Cornish: denagha Czech: odmítnout Danish: afslå Dutch: weigeren Dutch: afslaan Esperanto: rifuzi Finnish: kieltäytyä French: refuser Galician: recusar Georgian: უარყოფს Georgian: უარს ამბობს Georgian: უარს იტყვის German: sich weigern German: verweigern German: ablehnen German: abschlagen Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 Greek: αρνούμαι Haitian Creole: refize Higaonon: balibad Hindi: अस्वीकार करना Hindi: अस्वीकारना Hungarian: visszautasít Hungarian: megtagad Hungarian: elutasít Ido: refuzar Indonesian: menolak Irish: éar Irish: eitigh Irish: cuir suas do Italian: rifiutare Japanese: 断る Japanese: 拒む Japanese: 否む Kapampangan: payalyan Khmer: បដិសេធ Korean: 거절하다 Lao: ປະຕິເສດ Latin: abnegō Latin: recūsō Lingala: boya
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