refuse

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v

1. reject, spurn, disdain, say no or nay, refuse to consider, refuse point blank, put one's foot down, not budge an inch, not yield an inch, turn thumbs-down, shake one's head at; decline, Inf. pass up or by, Inf. not buy; abstain from, stand aloof from, put behind one, abnegate.

2. deny, forbid, withhold consent, not allow, not permit, turn a deaf ear to, resist entreaty, naysay, Sl. nix; not countenance, not hear of, not put up with.

3. repel, rebuff, repulse; bar, prohibit, exclude, slam the door, refuse to have anything to do with, have nothing to do with, turn one's back on, set one's face against, Inf. turn down; send back, cast aside; veto, disallow, vote nay, vote in the negative, withhold one's assent, disapprove, frown upon, view with disfavor, discountenance, look askance at, grudge, begrudge, keep back.

4. dodge, shirk, avoid; balk, be unwilling, resist, protest, boggle, demur, stickle, scruple.

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n

1. garbage, rubbish, Dial. culch, waste, Brit. wastrel, discarded matter; offal, carrion, rot, spoil; offscourings, dregs, draff, grounds, remains, leavings, leftovers; scraps, orts, hogwash, swill; remainder, residue, residuum, scum; scoria, dross, recrement, slag.

2. junk, worthless stuff, Sl. dreck, trumpery; trash, riffraff, Brit. Dial. raff, litter, chaff; filth, dirt, dust, sweepings; debris, detritus, rubble, stubble, wreckage; fragments, remnants, fag ends, bits and pieces, odds and ends; castoffs, rags, tatters, castaways, rejects, discards.

adj

3. rejected, discarded, cast off, thrown out or away; worthless, useless, good-for-nothing, of no real value, nugatory.