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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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Giovanni tries desperately to renovate the room to make it a home for them, but David cruelly rejects his offering of a future together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 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

This album – 100% independently produced and distributed outside of the powerful entertainment machine that had forged Choi – rejects the dictates of a society that first rejected him.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

So, a few minutes later, the entire population of Egypt was sneaking up the alley on the way to sort over the florist’s recent rejects.

From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder