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How to pronounce refuse in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms reject, turn away, turn down
Verb group freeze off, reject, scorn, turn down, disdain, pooh-pooh, spurn
Derivation refusal
Type Words
Synonyms decline
Type of react, respond
Has types disobey, disdain, spurn, contract out, turn down, freeze off, reject, repudiate, pooh-pooh, regret, scorn
Type Words
Synonyms reject, resist
Type of react, respond
Type Words
Synonyms decline, pass up, reject, turn down
Has types dishonour, bounce, dishonor
Verb group reject, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, turn down, spurn, disdain
Derivation refusal


He refused my offer of hospitality.
Type Words
Synonyms food waste, garbage, scraps
Type of waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product
Type Words
Synonyms defy, resist
Type of escape, elude
Has types beggar
Type Words
Synonyms deny
Type of hold on, keep
Has types withhold, keep back
Verb group deny, abnegate
Derivation refusal

Examples of refuse

refuse
The new House can refuse to fund or cut funding to his programs and he knows it.
From the washingtontimes.com
Representatives of the families had previously said they would refuse any money.
From the denverpost.com
Vecor is taking refuse from coal-fired power plants and turning it into masonry.
From the online.wsj.com
This program is for residents covered by the village refuse collection contract.
From the dailyherald.com
They refuse to accept that history and the spirit of the times was against them.
From the time.com
We reserve the right to refuse the whole or part of any wager at our discretion.
From the mearcade.metro.co.uk
Several of them now refuse to deliver papers to readers far from the urban core.
From the economist.com
Surely the real question is what was driving him to refuse the job for so long ?
From the independent.co.uk
That said, the spouse getting the refusals to talk has to refuse to accept that.
From the ocregister.com
More examples
  • Garbage: food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
  • Show unwillingness towards; "he declined to join the group on a hike"
  • Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality"
  • Defy: elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation"
  • Deny: refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"
  • Resist: resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor"
  • Waste (also known as rubbish, trash, refuse, garbage, or junk) is unwanted or unusable materials. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly, particularly waste which has been carelessly disposed of in plain sight, as opposed to waste which has been dumped to avoid paying for waste ...
  • Refused is a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeu00E5 and formed in 1991. Refused is composed of vocalist Dennis Lyxzu00E9n, guitarist Kristofer Steen, drummer David Sandstru00F6m, and bassist Magnus Flagge. Guitarist Jon Bru00E4nnstru00F6m was a member from 1994, through reunions, until he was fired in late-2014. Their lyrics are often of a non-conformist and politically far-left nature.
  • (Refused (album)) Refused, also known as Santa Dog '99, was released by the Residents towards the end of 1999 to celebrate the end of the millennium (using the popular, rather than mathematically correct, impression of the end of the millennium). ...