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Synonyms for refusing
verb deny; say no- decline
- ignore
- protest
- rebuff
- reject
- turn down
- withdraw
- withhold
- demur
- desist
- disaccord
- disallow
- disapprove
- dissent
- dodge
- evade
- nix
- regret
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- shun
- spurn
- beg off
- brush off
- dispense with
- give thumbs down to
- hold back
- hold off
- hold out
- make excuses
- not budge
- not budget
- not buy
- not care to
- pass up
- refuse to receive
- send off
- send regrets
- set aside
- turn away
- turn deaf ear to
- turn from
- turn one's back on
Antonyms for refusing
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more negative
adjective. bad, contradictory
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- annulling
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- counteractive
- cynical
- denying
- detrimental
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
negative
adjective. bad, contradictory
- abrogating
- adverse
- against
- annulling
- antagonistic
- anti
- balky
- colorless
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- counteractive
- cynical
- denying
- detrimental
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissentient
- dissenting
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nugatory
- nullifying
- opposing
- pessimistic
- privative
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- unaffirmative
- unenthusiastic
- unfavorable
- uninterested
- unwilling
- weak
noncompliant
adjective. unwilling to go along with something
traversal
noun. denial
- abnegation
- abstaining
- adjuration
- brush-off
- cold shoulder
- contradiction
- controversion
- declination
- disaffirmance
- disaffirmation
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- dismissing
- disproof
- dissent
- forswearing
- gainsaying
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- no way
- nonacceptance
- noncommittal
- prohibition
- protestation
- rebuff
- rebuttal
- refraining
- refusing
- refutal
- refutation
- rejecting
- rejection
- renegement
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiating
- repudiation
- repulse
- retraction
- statement
- turndown
- veto
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.