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- Dictionaryrefuse/rɪˈfjuːz/
verb
- 1. indicate or show that one is not willing to do something: "I refused to answer"
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REFUSE definition: 1. to say that you will not do or accept something: 2. unwanted waste material, especially…. Learn more.
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: to decline to accept (something offered). See examples of REFUSE used in a sentence.
To refuse is to decline, deny, reject, or resist. If a stranger offers you candy, you should politely refuse.
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.
[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.
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.
