refuse
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
Types & categories
- waste hypernym
Sense 2 verb
show unwillingness towards
he declined to join the group on a hike
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- consent antonym
Sense 3 verb
refuse to accept
He refused my offer of hospitality
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
elude, especially in a baffling way
This behavior defies explanation
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- lend oneself antonym
Sense 5 verb
refuse to let have
She denies me every pleasure
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ
His body rejected the liver of the donor
Types & categories
- react hypernym
Related & opposite
- resistant derivation
Sense 7 verb
refuse entrance or membership
They turned away hundreds of fans
Related & opposite
- allow in antonym
- nonacceptance derivation
- cull derivation
- refusal derivation
- spurn verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | waste |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | consent |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spurn |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | contract out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | regret |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | repudiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | disobey |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | accept |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rejection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | regrets |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | dishonor |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bounce |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | lend oneself |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | elude |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | beggar |
| 5 | antonym | Related & opposite | grant |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | abnegate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | withhold |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | resistant |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |
| 7 | antonym | Related & opposite | allow in |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | nonacceptance |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cull |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | spurn |