What is another word for Refusing?
399 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɹɪfjˈuːzɪŋ], [ ɹɪfjˈuːzɪŋ], [ ɹ_ɪ_f_j_ˈuː_z_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for Refusing:- negative (adjective)
- noncompliant (adjective)
- denial (noun)
- traversal (noun)
- abstain (verb)
- balk (verb)
- bar (verb)
- boycott (verb)
- decline (verb)
- prohibiting (verb)
- refuse (verb)
- refusing (verb)
- other synonyms
- dissent
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Refusing:
adj.
•negative (adjective)- dissenting,
- Denying,
- detrimental,
- repugnant,
- recusant,
- removed,
- weak,
- pessimistic,
- cynical,
- colorless,
- naysaying,
- Privative,
- Impugning,
- Disallowing,
- anti,
- Abrogating,
- Contravening,
- Disavowing,
- balky,
- jaundiced,
- Against,
- unenthusiastic,
- uninterested,
- Resisting,
- opposing,
- nugatory,
- antagonistic,
- resistive,
- counteractive,
- unfavorable,
- invalidating,
- Annulling,
- gloomy,
- dissentient,
- unaffirmative,
- Neutralizing,
- Nullifying,
- contrary,
- con,
- unwilling,
- adverse.
n.
•denial (noun)- cold shoulder,
- Gainsaying,
- non-committal,
- protestation,
- Refutal,
- brush-off,
- nonacceptance,
- turndown,
- Rejecting,
- Refusing,
- no way,
- contradiction,
- adjurations,
- brushoff,
- Dismissing,
- Abstaining,
- prohibition,
- veto,
- renouncements,
- statement abnegation,
- disapproval,
- disproofs,
- Refraining,
- adjuration,
- refutation,
- renunciation,
- disproof,
- nay,
- rebuttal,
- repudiation,
- no ways,
- Repudiating,
- renouncement,
- disclaimer,
- disavowal,
- negation,
- forswearing,
- prohibitions,
- rejection,
- non-acceptance,
- Controversion,
- repulse,
- noncommittal,
- retraction,
- Disallowance,
- renegement,
- declination,
- disavowals.
v.
•abstain (verb)- refrain,
- avoid,
- forbear,
- sit on the fence,
- renounce,
- go on the wagon,
- cease,
- curb,
- give up,
- sit on one's hands,
- abnegate,
- eschew,
- do without,
- take the cure,
- deny oneself,
- abjure,
- starve,
- constrain,
- pass,
- stop,
- fence-sit,
- refuse,
- keep from,
- quit,
- forgo,
- give the go by,
- take the pledge,
- sit out,
- fast.
- resist,
- crimp,
- shy,
- recoil,
- shrink from,
- cramp,
- hesitate,
- shirk,
- upset apple cart,
- flinch.
- eliminate,
- circumvent,
- segregate,
- interdict,
- limit,
- hinder,
- debar,
- freeze out,
- interfere,
- exclude,
- condemn,
- discourage,
- keep out,
- prevent,
- exile,
- obstruct,
- forbid,
- enjoin,
- ban,
- frustrate,
- preclude,
- restrain,
- override,
- deny,
- shut out,
- rule out,
- ostracize,
- suspend,
- boycott,
- discountenance,
- outlaw,
- except.
- embargo,
- pass by,
- proscribe,
- prohibit,
- withhold patronage,
- strike,
- blackball,
- cut off,
- hold aloof from,
- snub,
- ice out,
- bar,
- blacklist.
- beg to be excused,
- balk,
- gainsay,
- bypass,
- not hear of,
- don't buy,
- not think of,
- pass on,
- dismiss,
- not accept,
- abstain,
- turn thumbs down.
- controlling,
- Outlawing,
- Restraining,
- curbing,
- Prohibiting,
- barring,
- disqualifying,
- inhibiting,
- constraining,
- banning,
- Suppressing,
- disapproving,
- restricting,
- Preventing,
- forbidding,
- blocking,
- Curtailing,
- Precluding,
- Oppressing.
- turn one's back on,
- hold out,
- set aside,
- make excuses,
- pass up,
- withdraw,
- not budge,
- not budget,
- turn deaf ear to,
- shun,
- give thumbs down to,
- not care to,
- ignore,
- not buy,
- turn from,
- send off,
- evade,
- protest,
- beg off,
- brush off,
- desist,
- hold back,
- refuse to receive,
- dispense with,
- send regrets,
- nix,
- disapprove,
- regret,
- dodge,
- turn away,
- reprobate,
- disaccord,
- hold off.
Other synonyms:
•dissent •Other relevant words:- elimination,
- daring,
- squeamish,
- Littering,
- Demar,
- abandonment,
- disapprobation,
- push aside,
- scorning,
- junking,
- swearing off,
- withhold,
- Jibbing,
- Rebuffing,
- Slumping,
- loth,
- dismissal,
- abstinence,
- expulsion,
- averse,
- backward,
- protesting,
- Dusting,
- disapprove of,
- self-deprivation,
- forsake,
- cancel,
- relinquish,
- abnegation,
- scrupulous,
- unconsenting,
- negating,
- privation,
- keeping away from,
- abdicate,
- challenging,
- indifferent,
- banishment,
- repudiate,
- Defying,
- Demurring,
- negate,
- shunning,
- throw out,
- reject,
- dismissive,
- excommunication,
- Discarding,
- resign,
- louring,
- Deflecting,
- Abnegating,
- giving up,
- discard,
- loath,
- self-denial,
- dissident,
- remiss,
- lowering,
- QUST,
- Decliner,
- objection,
- self-mortification,
- Eliminating,
- Fending,
- Disclaiming,
- unconverted,
- Trashing,
- Overruling,
- Chaffing,
- protestant,
- Nonjuring,
- decline,
- disown,
- exclusion,
- turn down,
- Abandoning,
- repelling,
- screen out,
- disinclined,
- disowning,
- slack,
- Excluding,
- spurn,
- involuntary,
- Resigning,
- suffering,
- Vetoing,
- lovering,
- opposed,
- contravene,
- uncomplying,
- abstention,
- indisposed,
- SFT,
- averting,
- baulking,
- repel,
- proscription,
- Contradicting,
- Jibing,
- rebuff,
- waning,
- asceticism,
- deaf to,
- disclaim,
- Disobeying,
- rubbishing,
- shy of,
- Correcting,
- worsening,
- Avoiding,
- fastidious,
- dissent,
- set,
- wasting,
- disallow,
- bow out,
- exception,
- unconvinced,
- hardship,
- Traversing,
- remaindering,
- refusal,
- scraping,
- demur,
- non-content,
- retract,
- Desisting,
- Spurning,
- dislike,
- Restiff,
- reluctant,
- laggard,
- balking,
- abstemiousness,
- DELY,
- get down,
- traversal.
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Equivalence
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Rejecting.
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Verb, 3rd person singular present
rebuffs.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
Rejecting, unwillingness, withholding, rejection, failure, reluctance.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
relinquishing, Refraining, opposing, Resigning, Repudiating, restricting, Resisting, Renouncing, foregoing, Discontinuing, Removing, accepting, releasing, Ignoring, Revoking, agreeing, Discarding, Disposing, Sacrificing, Dismissing, Forgetting, forbidding, interfering, Canceling, Cancelling, Disallowed, Disallowing, Abandoning, repelling, Repealing, worsening, Prohibiting, Excluding, Eliminating, opting, disapplying, Waiving, Discharging, failing, Granting, dumping, Precluding, withdrawing, Depriving, countering, Neglecting, unyielding, turning, declining, saying, Abolishing, dropping, Allowing, concealing, Avoiding, Vetoing, Throwing, negating, Objecting, Outlawing, challenging, banning, blocking, barring, lacking, emitting, clearing, damaging, keeping, no, Doing, withholding, rejection.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
deny.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Refusing:
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adj.
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noncompliant
obedient, willing, compliant, subservient.
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noncompliant
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n.
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denial
claim, corroboration, approval, avowal, affirmation, Vouching, agreement.
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denial
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v.
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decline
say yes.
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decline
