Showing Results for "rejects"

rejects

VERB

say no to

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deny dismiss rebuff refuse renounce repudiate scrap spurn turn down veto

STRONG

burn cashier chuck decline despise disallow disbelieve discard discount discredit disdain eliminate exclude jettison jilt kill nix repel reprobate repulse scoff scorn scout second shed shun slough

WEAK

cast aside cast off cast out give thumbs down to not buy pass by pass on pass up put down shoot down throw away throw out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accept admit agree allow approve grant keep sanction welcome

STRONG

admire attract believe include increase like love praise take on trust

WEAK

choose ratify

Example Sentences

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This is something more extreme: the construction of an entirely separate reality in real time, one that rejects the evidence of the senses.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

But Ali rejects the notion that audiences only want blood and gore.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

At the same time, it naturally rejects background noise that affects both locations equally.

From Science Daily • Jun. 6, 2026

It’s an inclusive environment that rejects the solo artistic ego in favor of human-machine collaboration that almost immediately escapes its creator’s grasp.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

How, though, are we to explain the peculiar fact that della Porta both believes in and rejects the garlic/magnet antipathy?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton