refuse
Part of speech: adj
noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
Topics: government
military
politics
war
Etymology: Borrowed into late Middle English from Middle French refusé, past participle of refuser (“to refuse”). Displaced native Middle English wernen (“to refuse”) likely due to the similar sounding Middle English warnen
Inflected forms:
form: more refuse
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most refuse
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: refuses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: refusing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: past
form: no-table-tags
pos: verb
tags: table-tags
form: glossary
pos: verb
tags: inflection-template
form: refuse
pos: verb
tags: infinitive
form: refuse
pos: verb
tags: first-person
present
singular
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: first-person
past
singular
form: refuse
pos: verb
tags: present
second-person
singular
form: refusest
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
second-person
singular
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: past
second-person
singular
form: refusedst
pos: verb
tags: archaic
past
second-person
singular
form: refuses
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: refuseth
pos: verb
tags: archaic
present
singular
third-person
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: past
singular
third-person
form: refuse
pos: verb
tags: plural
present
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: past
plural
form: refuse
pos: verb
tags: present
subjunctive
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: past
subjunctive
form: refuse
pos: verb
tags: imperative
present
form: -
pos: verb
tags: imperative
past
form: refusing
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: refused
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
Senses:
gloss: Discarded, rejected.
pos: adj
gloss: Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: To decline (a request or demand).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: My request for a pay rise was refused.
After the death of his [Verney's] first wife, he proposed to Florence Nightingale but she refused him. Later he married her sister, and for many years Claydon was Miss Nightingale's second home.
gloss: To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.
If ye refuse […] ye shall be devoured with the sword.
The U. N. sent a commission to arrange for election of a Korean government. Russia and her satellites declined to cooperate with this Commission. Russia refused to let the Commission hold an election in north Korea, or even to enter north Korea. In southern Korea Leftist parties refused to meet with the Commission.
Eventually, the railway opened on Monday, December 14, 1896, with a universal fare of 1d. collected at the turnstiles, and conditions were immediately chaotic, as many passengers travelled round and round, and refused to leave the cars.
City were outclassed thereafter and Roberto Mancini said that substitute Carlos Tevez refused to play.
Trump has explicitly refused to deal with the European Commission, seeking instead to conduct bilateral relations with individual EU countries.
My thoughts are disturbed by a man and pooch trying to get off the front of the train. Despite hitting the door button, they refused to open.
gloss: To withhold (something) from (someone); to not give it to them or to bar them from having it.
pos: verb
tags: ditransitive
examples: If we bang or scream they will spray us with some pepper or something else that's in an aeresol ^([sic]) can, and they wear gas masks, while the rest of us have to breathe the fumes in, and it makes us very sick and they refuse us medical treatment.
gloss: 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.
pos: verb
examples: to refuse the right wing while the left wing attacks
gloss: To disown.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
transitive
examples: Refuse thy name.
Related words: refusal
refutal
refute
Derived words: offer one can't refuse
refusable
refusednik
refusingly
unrefused
unrefusing
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: weier
lang: Arabic
word: رَفَضَ
roman: rafaḍa
lang: Arabic
word: أَبَى
roman: ʔabā
lang: Armenian
word: մերժել
roman: meržel
lang: Bangi
word: boya
lang: Basque
word: uko egin
lang: Basque
word: baztertu
lang: Belarusian
word: адмаўля́ць
roman: admawljácʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: адка́зваць
roman: adkázvacʹ
lang: Bulgarian
word: отка́звам
roman: otkázvam
lang: Burmese
word: ပယ်ရှား
roman: paihra:
lang: Catalan
word: refusar
lang: Catalan
word: rebutjar
lang: Cebuano
word: balibad
lang: Chichewa
word: -kana
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 拒絕 /拒绝
roman: jùjué
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 回絕 /回绝
roman: huíjué
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: uhara
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: uharaya
lang: Cornish
word: denagha
lang: Czech
word: odmítnout
lang: Danish
word: afslå
lang: Dutch
word: weigeren
lang: Dutch
word: afslaan
lang: Esperanto
word: rifuzi
lang: Finnish
word: kieltäytyä
lang: French
word: refuser
lang: Galician
word: recusar
lang: Georgian
word: უარყოფს
roman: uarq̇ops
lang: Georgian
word: უარს ამბობს
roman: uars ambobs
lang: Georgian
word: უარს იტყვის
roman: uars iṭq̇vis
lang: German
word: sich weigern
lang: German
word: verweigern
lang: German
word: ablehnen
lang: German
word: abschlagen
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌱𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽
roman: biwandjan
lang: Greek
word: αρνούμαι
roman: arnoúmai
lang: Haitian Creole
word: refize
lang: Higaonon
word: balibad
lang: Hindi
word: अस्वीकार करना
roman: asvīkār karnā
lang: Hindi
word: अस्वीकारना
roman: asvīkārnā
lang: Hungarian
word: visszautasít
lang: Hungarian
word: megtagad
lang: Hungarian
word: elutasít
lang: Ido
word: refuzar
lang: Indonesian
word: menolak
lang: Irish
word: éar
lang: Irish
word: eitigh
lang: Irish
word: cuir suas do
lang: Italian
word: rifiutare
lang: Japanese
word: 断る
roman: kotowaru
lang: Japanese
word: 拒む
roman: kobamu
lang: Japanese
word: 否む
roman: inamu
lang: Kapampangan
word: payalyan
lang: Khmer
word: បដិសេធ
roman: paʼdesaet
lang: Korean
word: 거절하다
roman: geojeolhada
lang: Lao
word: ປະຕິເສດ
roman: pa ti sēt
lang: Latin
word: abnegō
lang: Latin
word: recūsō
lang: Lingala
word: boya
lang: Macedonian
word: одбива
roman: odbiva
lang: Macedonian
word: одбие
roman: odbie
lang: Māori
word: whakanau
lang: Māori
word: kape
lang: Māori
word: meko
lang: Middle English
word: wernen
lang: Mongolian
word: татгалзах
roman: tatgalzax
lang: Norman
word: r'fuser
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: avslå
lang: Odia
word: ନାହିଁ କରିବା
roman: nāhĩ karibā
lang: Oromo
word: diduu
lang: Persian
word: رد کردن
lang: Polish
word: odrzucać impf odrzucić
lang: Portuguese
word: recusar
lang: Quechua
word: mana quy
lang: Quechua
word: mananchay
lang: Russian
word: отка́зывать
roman: otkázyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: отказа́ть
roman: otkazátʹ
lang: Russian
word: отклоня́ть
roman: otklonjátʹ
lang: Russian
word: отклони́ть
roman: otklonítʹ
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: diùlt
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀дбити
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òdbiti
lang: Sidamo
word: gib-
lang: Slovak
word: odmietať
lang: Slovak
word: odmietnuť
lang: Spanish
word: rehusar
lang: Swahili
word: -dinda
lang: Swahili
word: -kanusha
lang: Swedish
word: vägra
lang: Swedish
word: avslå
lang: Telugu
word: నిరాకరించు
roman: nirākariñcu
lang: Thai
word: ปฏิเสธ
roman: bpà-dtì-sèet
lang: Turkish
word: reddetmek
lang: Ukrainian
word: відмовля́ти
roman: vidmovljáty
lang: Vietnamese
word: từ chối
lang: Welsh
word: gwarafun
lang: Welsh
word: gwrthod
lang: Welsh
word: pallu
lang: Welsh
word: nacáu
lang: Welsh
word: gomedd