Refuse

Adjective

 * 1) Discarded, rejected.

Noun

 * 1) Collectively, items or material that have been discarded; rubbish, garbage.

Synonyms

 * discards
 * garbage (US)
 * rubbish
 * trash (US)
 * See also Thesaurus:trash

Verb

 * 1)  To decline (a request or demand).
 * My request for a pay rise was refused.
 * I refuse to listen to this nonsense any more.
 * 1)  To decline a request or demand, forbear; to withhold permission.
 * I asked the star if I could have her autograph, but she refused.

Synonyms

 * decline, reject, say no to, turn down, veto
 * say no, forbear

Adverbs for Refuse
curtly; tacitly; mutinously; courteously; obdurately; scornfully; sternly; doggedly; positively; arbitrarily; inexorably; austerely; snobbishly; flatly; emphatically; sullenly; steadfastly; scrupulously; peremptorily; indignantly; spitefully; prudently; persistently; contumaciously; vehemently; delicately; unequivocally; haughtily; honorably; characteristically; invariably; habitually; graciously.

Thesaurus
abjure, afterglow, afterimage, balance, ban, bar, be unmoved, be unwilling, beat back, beg off, bilge, bilgewater, bones, brush aside, brush off, butt, butt end, candle ends, carrion, castaway, castoff, chaff, chase, chase away, chase off, chuck, chuck out, collateral, contemn, contradict, culm, cut, deadwood, debar, debris, decline, decline to accept, deep six, deny, deprive of, derelict, despise, detritus, dirt, disagree, disallow, disapprove, discard, discarding, disclaim, discount, disdain, dishwater, dismiss, disown, disposal, disregard, dissent, ditchwater, dogie, draff, dregs, drive away, drive back, dross, dump, dumping, dust, dustheap, elimination, embargo, end, enjoin, except, exclude, exclude from, fag end, fend off, filings, flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, forbid, forswear, fossil, foundling, garbage, gash, hogwash, hold off, hold out against, holdover, husks, ignore, inhibit, interdict, jetsam, jettison, junk, junking, keep back, keep off, kelter, lagan, leavings, lees, leftovers, litter, lumber, muck, negate, negative, not allow, not buy, not consent, not hear of, not think of, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orphan, orts, outlaw, pack off, parings, pass by, pass up, pelf, potsherds, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, push aside, push back, put back, rags, raspings, rebuff, recant, refuse consent, refuse to consider, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, removal, renounce, repel, repress, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, residue, residuum, resist entreaty, resist persuasion, rest, riffraff, roach, rubbish, ruins, rule out, rump, sawdust, say nay, say no, say no to, scourings, scout, scrap iron, scrapping, scraps, scum, scurf, send away, send off, send packing, sewage, sewerage, shadow, shards, shavings, shove away, shut out, slack, slag, slop, slops, slough, snub, spurn, stand aloof, straw, stubble, stump, suppress, survival, sweepings, swill, taboo, tares, throw away, throw out, throwaway, thrust back, trace, trash, turn away, turn back, turn down, turn out, vestige, vote nay, vote negatively, waif, waifs and strays, waive, ward off, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, wastrel, weeds, withhold

Etymology 1
Apparently from refuse (French refusé), past participle of refuser ‘to refuse’, as Etymology 2, below.

Etymology 2
From refuser, from popular Latin *refusare, from the past participle of refundere ‘refund’.

Noun

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 垃圾
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ordures, déchets
 * German: ,


 * Italian: rifiuti m plural
 * Japanese: ごみ
 * Russian: отбросы, отходы, мусор
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: ,

Verb

 * Arabic: رفض
 * Catalan: refusar, rebutjar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , 回絕, 回绝
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: sich weigern, verweigern, ablehnen
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 断る,,  否む
 * Korean: 거절
 * Latin: ,
 * Polish: odrzucać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: отказывать, отказать , отклонять , отклонить
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: నిరాకరించు (niraakarinchu)


 * Arabic: رفض
 * Catalan: refusar
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 拒絕, 拒绝
 * Esperanto:
 * French: refuser
 * German: weigern
 * Haitian Creole:


 * Japanese: 断る
 * Polish: odmówić
 * Russian: отказываться, отказаться
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swahili:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: నిరాకరించు (niraakarinchu)

Anagrams

 * férues