Definitions for refuse

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refuse re·fuse

Spelling: [ri-fyooz]

IPA: /rɪˈfyuz/

Refuse is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in refuse (eefrsu).

Definitions for refuse

noun

1. something that is discarded as worthless or useless; rubbish; trash; garbage.

adjective

1. rejected as worthless; discarded:

verb (used with object)

1. to decline to accept (something offered):
2. to decline to give; deny (a request, demand, etc.):
3. to express a determination not to (do something):
4. to decline to submit to.
5. (of a horse) to decline to leap over (a barrier).
6. to decline to accept (a suitor) in marriage.
7. Military. to bend or curve back (the flank units of a military force) so that they face generally to the flank rather than the front.
8. Obsolete. to renounce.

verb (used without object)

1. to decline acceptance, consent, or compliance.

Origin of refuse

1300-50; Middle English refusen Middle French refuser, Old French ≪ Latin refūsus, past participle of refundere to pour back; see refund¹

Examples for refuse

But the purest and best matrons of Greece refuse to be my guests.

They expel difficult students and refuse to admit students that public schools have to admit—like kids with disabilities.

"Then come and dine here," said Dick, unable to refuse a neighbour hospitality.

When the news had spread, others came to join him, and he could not refuse.

To all of you refuse to believe that a beloved actor could do this, you are wrong.

This request he intended to refuse, and enjoyed in advance the humiliation of young Rushton.

If the refuse matter were taken from that, there would be nothing left.

And now to this list of New York pols who refuse to go away, it may be possible to add another name: Vito Fossella.

I refuse to be repeatedly mistreated especially by someone who claims to love me.

“I tell them they are ruining their life, but I will not refuse to do it,” Bensoussan said.