Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to refuse
Participle: refused
Gerund: refusing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | refuse |
| you | refuse |
| he;she;it | refuses |
| we | refuse |
| you | refuse |
| they | refuse |
Perfect
| I | have refused |
| you | have refused |
| he;she;it | has refused |
| we | have refused |
| you | have refused |
| they | have refused |
Past
| I | refused |
| you | refused |
| he;she;it | refused |
| we | refused |
| you | refused |
| they | refused |
Pluperfect
| I | had refused |
| you | had refused |
| he;she;it | had refused |
| we | had refused |
| you | had refused |
| they | had refused |
Future
| I | will refuse |
| you | will refuse |
| he;she;it | will refuse |
| we | will refuse |
| you | will refuse |
| they | will refuse |
Future Perfect
| I | will have refused |
| you | will have refused |
| he;she;it | will have refused |
| we | will have refused |
| you | will have refused |
| they | will have refused |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | refuse |
| you | refuse |
| he;she;it | refuse |
| we | refuse |
| you | refuse |
| they | refuse |
Perfect
| I | have refused |
| you | have refused |
| he;she;it | have refused |
| we | have refused |
| you | have refused |
| they | have refused |
Imperfect
| I | refused |
| you | refused |
| he;she;it | refused |
| we | refused |
| you | refused |
| they | refused |
Pluperfect
| I | had refused |
| you | had refused |
| he;she;it | had refused |
| we | had refused |
| you | had refused |
| they | had refused |
Conditional
Present
| I | would refuse |
| you | would refuse |
| he;she;it | would refuse |
| we | would refuse |
| you | would refuse |
| they | would refuse |
Perfect
| I | would have refused |
| you | would have refused |
| he;she;it | would have refused |
| we | would have refused |
| you | would have refused |
| they | would have refused |
Imperative
| you | refuse |
| we | Let's refuse |
| you | refuse |
Verbs conjugated like 'refuse'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'refuse'
defuse,
re-fuse,
re-use,
recuse,
refuge,
refute,
reuse,
affuse,
bemuse,
defuze,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- decline
- say no to, turn down, veto, withsake, withsay
- decline a request or demand
- forbear, say no
- to reject instruction or command
- balk, decline, disobey, disregard, ignore, unmind
- reject
- decline, withdraw, deny, spurn, rebuff, repudiate, recoil
Antonyms
- to yield to persuasion; to agree to a request or demand
- decline, reject, accede
- reject
- welcome, admit, select, choose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.Fr.
refuser (12c.), from V.L.
*refusare, frequentative of pp. stem of L.
refundere "pour back, give back" (see refund).
Refusal first recorded 1474.
Refusenik "Soviet Jew who has been refused permission to immigrate to Israel" (1975) is a partial transl. of Rus.
otkaznik, from
otkazat "to refuse."
2. From Middle English refusen, from Old French refuser, from Vulgar Latin *refūsāre, a blend of Classical Latin refūtāre (whence also refute) and recūsāre (whence also recuse). See: Old French '
refuser', Latin '
refutō'.
Verbs referencing "refuse"
Albanian
refuzoj.
Sample Sentences
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“ To Canada, ” said he, straightening himself up; “ and when I 'm there, I'll buy you; that's all the hope that's left us. You have a kind master, that won't refuse to sell you. I'll buy you and the boy; — God helping me, I will ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] of violent and insulting language, dealing largely in personalities, to which Mr. A. made no reply. After the adjournment, Mr. A. stepped up to Vinyard, and requested him to retract, which he refused to do, repeating the offensive words. Mr. Arndt then made a blow at Vinyard, who stepped back a pace, drew a pistol, and shot him dead.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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“ No. The foolish fellow tore the paper in two, and absolutely refused to leave me. I never had a braver, better fellow,—trusty and true as steel. He embraced Christianity afterwards, and became as gentle as a child. He used to oversee my place on the lake, and did it [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] beings, whom Miss Ophelia and the doctor were trying to urge from the apartment. “ Poor creatures ! ” he said, and an expression of bitter self-reproach passed over his face. Adolph absolutely refused to go. Terror had deprived him of all presence of mind; he threw himself along the floor, and nothing could persuade him to rise. The rest yielded to Miss Ophelia's urgent representations, that [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] bound, body and soul, to one I hated. I used to love to read to Henry, to play to him, to waltz with him, and sing to him; but everything I did for this one was a perfect drag,—yet I was afraid to refuse anything. He was very imperious, and harsh to the children. Elise was a timid little thing; but Henry was bold and high-spirited, like his father, and he had never been brought under, in the least, [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] board, and are getting decidedly companionable; only that Cassy, who keeps little Eliza on her lap, occasionally squeezes the little thing, in a manner that rather astonishes her, and obstinately refuses to have her mouth stuffed with cake to the extent the little one desires,—alleging, what the child rather wonders at, that she has got something better than cake, and doesn't want it.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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- You had better get out - If I refuse to go Who is he, ma ?
(Magudam)
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They refuse to go without seeing you And they are standing here stubbornly
(Magudam)