Refuse

Definition: Refuse

Refuse

Noun

1. Food that is discarded (as from a kitchen).

Verb

1. Show unwillingness towards.

2. Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality".

3. Elude, esp. in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation".

4. Refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance".

5. Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "refuse" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Environment

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Refuse

Escape

Loophole; (opening); path; refuse; vent, vent peg; safety valve; drawbridge, fire escape.

Inutility

Litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes; button top; shoddy; rags, orts, trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings, waste, rubble, debris, detritus; stubble, leavings; broken meat; dregs; (dirt); weeds, tares; rubbish heap, dust hole; rudera, deads.

Negation

Repudiate; set aside, ignore; rebut; (confute); qualify; refuse.

Relinquishment

Discards, culls, rejects; garbage, refuse, rubbish.

Remainder

Noun: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs; (dirt); refuse; (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium.

Unimportance

Trumpery, trash, rubbish, stuff, fatras, frippery; " leather or prunello "; chaff, drug, froth bubble smoke, cobweb; weed; refuse; (inutility); scum; (dirt).

Unwillingness

Oppose; dissent; refuse.

Crosswords: Refuse

French (refuses).

I refuse to be a victim (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I'll make him an offer he can't refuse. (The Godfather; writing credit: Francis Coppola and Mario Puzo. Based on the novel by Mario Puzo.)

So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome (The Beach; writing credit: John Hodge)

If you refuse to grow up and scam your insurance company, you'll have to work this out with maroon Golf (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

So, you refuse to shake hands with me, eh (Duck Soup; writing credit: Bert Kalmar ; Harry Ruby)

What made the Pan refuse to grow (Hook; performing artist: Blues Traveler)

Refuse ("Like a Rolling Stone"; performing artist: Bob Dylan)

There's some impossible to refuse (New Sensation; performing artist: INXS)

All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see (Dust in the Wind; performing artist: KANSAS)

My friends are all so cynical refuse to keep the faith (Millennium; performing artist: Robbie Williams)

Miners Refuse to Work after Death (references; author: unknown)

I Refuse To Have A Battle Of Wits With An Unarmed Person. (references; author: unknown)

Others may argue your beliefs, but they can't refuse your love. (references; author: unknown)

Paramount Victory Short No. T2-2: We Refuse to Die (1942)

New York City Sorting Refuse at Incinerating Plant (1903)

My Old Man's a Dustman (Ballad of a Refuse Disposal Officer) (performing artist: Lonnie Donegan)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Tobacco Refuse in United Kingdom (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Unmanufactured Tobacco and Tobacco Refuse Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Unmanufactured Tobacco and Tobacco Refuse Export Supplies (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything--Yes, Anything (reference)

• I Refuse to Die: My Journey for Freedom (reference)

• Natural Death With Dignity: Protecting Your Right to Refuse Medical Treatment (reference)

• Psychiatric Dimensions of Medical Practice: What Primary-Care Physicians Should Know About Delirium, Demoralization, Suicidal Thinking, and Competence to Refuse Medical Advice (reference)

• Refuse to Stand Silently by: An Oral History of Grass Roots Social Activism in America, 1921-64 (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Refuse News (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Jerry Springer: I Refuse to Wear Clothes (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• I Refuse to Be Lonely (reference)

• Refuse to Be Burnt Out [LIVE] (reference)

• We Refuse (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Flies can transmit food-borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid, paratyphoid, salmonellosis and dysentery, as well as myiasis, trachoma, and yaws. They breed in organic wastes, refuse and animal excrement. Credit: CDC.

A group of volunteers haul away Brazilian Pepper refuse before burning. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

U. S. Army Hospital Number 101, St. Nazaire, France. : Making laundry soap from refuse meat. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

In the cities we call this "refuse," in the countryside we call it "litter," and, in general, we call it "solid pollution." / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by J. Mohr..

Looks like you have to refuse to be a candidate if you want to win a nomination these days. Credit: Library of Congress.

A shanty built of refuse near the Sunnyside slack pile, Herrin, Illinois. Credit: Library of Congress.

Refuse heap behind company houses. Kempton, West Virginia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Junk and refuse constitute a hazard on the farm of Theodore German. North Branford Connecticut. Credit: Library of Congress.

Old refuse burner and sawmill at Tower, Minnesota. Credit: Library of Congress.

Son Chan Valley, Vietnam : I'm sorry sir, but my men refuse to go -- we cannot move out. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice. (reference)

Germany may not refuse to participate in the tariffs or combinations of tariffs intended to secure for ports of any of the Allied and Associated Powers advantages similar to those granted by Germany to her own ports or the ports of any other Power. (reference)

We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1957)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I am quite determined to refuse him.

Refuse cold mutton

Upon the floor within, were piled up heaps of rusty keys, nails, chains, hinges, files, scales, weights, and refuse iron of all kinds

I refuse to prove that I exist, says God "for proves denies faith and without faith I am nothing". "But," says Man, "the Babel Fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own argument you don't. QED" "Oh, dear", says God, "I hadn't thought of that", and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.

They make bread once in six months, and bake it with the refuse of the fields

) Refuse shingles for roof and sides

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Health

The parent may refuse any of these tests. (references)

Patients who refuse medical and surgical interventions also may be helped by such counseling. (references)

Potty-trained children often get constipated simply because they refuse to go to the bathroom. (references)

Business

Unofficial groups claim that authorities often refuse them registration without explanation. (references)

These provide for the right to refuse to perform dangerous or unhealthy work without jeopardizing employment. (references)

Once affixed with the CE mark, the machinery can enter the EU market and the member-states cannot refuse entry of machinery to their markets. (references)

Children

Colombia

The Court also has ruled that the social security fund for public employees cannot refuse to provide services for the children of its members who have disabilities, regardless of the cost involved. (references)

Civil Liberties

South Africa

The journalists continued to refuse to testify and the case was ongoing at year's end. (references)

Tunisia

Presiding judges in trials of Islamists routinely refuse to investigate claims that their confessions were extracted under torture. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

The international community has refuse do recognize them. (references)

Japan

Previous law strongly favored tenants, who could refuse to move even after their lease expired. (references)

South Korea

Although North Korea continued to refuse official overtures by the South, economic contacts appeared to expand gradually. (references)

Human Rights

Trinidad and Tobago

An indigent person may refuse to accept an assigned attorney for cause and obtain a replacement. (references)

Cuba

Those who refuse to participate in these actions face disciplinary action, including loss of employment. (references)

Switzerland

The ECHR ruled that the right for persons to refuse to testify against themselves applied in these cases. (references)

Minorities

Cote d'Ivoire

Some Christians or Muslims refuse to associate with practitioners of traditional indigenous religions. (references)

Czech Republic

Some restaurants, pubs, and other venues refuse service to Roma and post signs prohibiting their entry. (references)

Greece

The approximately 400 Roma families in Tyrnavos, Thessaly, live in tents because the authorities refuse to include the area in city planning. (references)

Political Economy

FINLAND

Workers can refuse dangerous work situations without risk of penalty. (references)

BELGIUM

Officially, the Belgian Patent Office cannot refuse to grant anyone a patent. (references)

RUSSIA

Russian regulatory bodies also generally refuse to accept foreign testing centers' data or certificates. (references)

Political Rights

Equatorial Guinea

One CPDS candidate was elected; however, he continued to refuse to take his seat during the year. (references)

Greece

Municipalities may refuse to register Roma who do not fulfill basic residency requirements, which many Roma have trouble meeting. (references)

Yemen

Ministers frequently are called to Parliament to defend actions, policies, or proposed legislation, although they may and sometimes do refuse to appear. (references)

Trade

Kenya

Some banks refuse firm orders or letters of credit as collateral, particularly if they come from small to medium size exporters. (references)

Australia

This is the most widely used form of trade finance, but the risk is higher than a letter of credit, as the importer may refuse to pay. (references)

Canada

Canadian buyers will often accept these charges, but an unexpected bill may cause irritation and, if there has been no prior consent to the charge, the foreign buyer has the right to refuse to pay. (references)

Travel

Uae

It is rude to refuse this beverage. (references)

Bulgaria

Taxi drivers at Sofia airport often refuse to run their meters and charge arbitrary fees. (references)

Brazil

There are no "airport visas," and immigration authorities will refuse entry to Brazil to anyone not possessing a valid visa. (references)

Women

Indonesia

Court permission and consent of the first wife is required, but reportedly most women cannot refuse. (references)

Bahrain

While both Shi'a and Sunni women have the right to initiate a divorce, religious courts may refuse the request. (references)

Philippines

Hotel and travel industry leaders continued to refuse to honor their pledges to cooperate with a code endorsed by international tourism groups to stop sex tourism. (references)

Worker Rights

Russia

NGO's claimed that Russian consular officials abroad refuse to help trafficked women. (references)

Japan

Many women were not allowed to refuse clients, even those known to be physically abusive. (references)

Guinea

Nevertheless, many workers fear retaliation should they refuse to work under unsafe conditions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "refuse": dispose of refuse and sewage ♦ I'll make him an offer he can't refuse ♦ large items of refuse ♦ mechanised collection of household refuse ♦ mechanized collection of household refuse ♦ refuse bin ♦ refuse bucket ♦ refuse chute ♦ refuse collection ♦ refuse collection vehicle ♦ refuse collector ♦ refuse destructor ♦ Refuse Disposal ♦ refuse dump ♦ refuse grinder ♦ refuse heap ♦ refuse incineration plant ♦ refuse incinerator plant ♦ refuse lac ♦ refuse lorry ♦ refuse parts ♦ refuse payment ♦ refuse sack ♦ refuse smb. smth. ♦ refuse to acknowledge ♦ refuse to admit ♦ refuse to believe ♦ refuse to combat illness ♦ refuse to comply ♦ refuse to obey ♦ refuse to open one's mouth ♦ refuse to tolerate ♦ repeatedly refuse ♦ tobacco refuse ♦ urban refuse. Additional references.

Beginning with "refuse": refuse-derived, refuse-dump, refuse-filled, refuse-fired, refuse-fuelled, refuse-matter, refuse-stink.

Afrikaans

weier (reject), bedank (abdicate, quit, reject, resign, thank), afwys (abort, quash, reject, wreck), afval (apostasy, apostatize, clippings, cuttings, debris, defection, desert, drop, drop out, fall, fall away, lose, lose flesh, lose in weight, parings, remainder, rest, rubbish, rubble, secede, waste, windfall). (various references)

Albanian

refuzoj (debar, decline, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, negative, override, overrule, rat, rebuff, reject, relinquish, renounce, spurn, throw over, thumb down, withhold), skarco, skarcitet (discard), plehra (dust, garbage, mullock, offal, offscourings, recrement, rejectamenta, rubbish, sweeping, sweepings, tailings, trash, waste), mospranoj, mohoj (abnegate, deny, disaffirm, disavow, disclaim, disown, gainsay, negate, negative, rat, repudiate, retract, set aside), mbeturine, mbeturina (chaff, char, cheese-parings, garbage, kitchen stuff, leavings, litter, odds and ends, pickings, recrement, relics, Reliquiae, remains, rubbish, shorts, spoilage, stamping, survival, tailings, waste, wrack), mbetje (drift, failure, odds and ends, remnant, residue, shorts, tailings), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, resist, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), i hedhur (active, alive, castaway, energetic, frisky, mercurial, skittish), hedhurina (junk, mullock, offal, rejectamenta, rubbish, throw out, truck), bëzhdile (tailings). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهمل (abandoned, antiquated, careless, derelict, deserted, discarded, disregarded, disregardful, disused, forgetful, forgotten, forsaken, heedless, ignored, in disuse, inadvertent, inattentive, incautious, left out, left over, neglected, neglectful, negligent, no longer of use, obsolete, omitted, out of use, outdated, reckless, regardless, remiss, slack, sloven, unpointed, waste), ‏نفاية (chaff, dump, garbage, junk, outcast, riffraff, rubbish, scouring, short, slush, soil, swill, trash, waste), ‏نفايات (dumps, litter, offal, shoddy, spoil, tailings), ‏لا قيمة له (insubstantial, nonsense, paltry), ‏قمامة (garbage, muck, mud, rubbish, soil, sweeping, sweepings, swill, trash), ‏حثالة (dregs, residual, sediment), ‏حرن الفرس, ‏الخبث (slag), ‏أبى (reject), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down). (various references)

Blackfoot

ipáóotsimaa (to refuse). (various references)

Bulgarian 

смет (dirt, dust, litter, mullock, offal, raffle, rejectamenta, rubbish, sweepings), останки (bones, leavings, leftovers, remainder, remains, scrapings, scraps, waste), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebuff, rebut, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), отказвам (decline, deny, misfire, negative, protest, rebuff, thumb down), отпадъчен (throwaway, waste), отпадъци (carrion, dregs, dross, garbage, husks, junk, leavings, litter, offal, pickings, rejectamenta, rubbish, scobs, scrapings, stock, throw out, throwaway, trash, waste, write-offs). (various references)

Chinese 

废物 (no-good, Waste), 推 (push, shove). (various references)

Czech

odpadky (garbage, litter, oddments, offal, offscourings, rubbish, trash, trimmings), odpad (detritus, drain, offal, outfall, outlet, scrap, waste), odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, reject, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, snub, turn down, wave aside), odepřít (deny, withhold), nevyhovìt. (various references)

Danish

vægre sig (reject). (various references)

Dutch

vuil (clippings, cuttings, debris, dirt, dirty, filth, filthy, foul, nasty, parings, rubbish, rubble, soiled, unclean, waste, windfall), het verdommen (reject), afval (apostasy, clippings, cuttings, debris, defection, garbage, leavings, parings, remainder, rest, rubbish, rubble, waste, windfall), afkeuren (condemn, declare unfit for use, disapprove, disapprove of, rebuke, reject, reproach, reprove, scold, scrap). (various references)

Esperanto

rifuzi (reject), sarkindaĵo (garbage, rubbish, waste), forĵetindaĵo (garbage, leavings, rubbish, waste), forĵetaĵo (rubbish, waste), elĵetaĵo (rubbish, waste), defalaĵo (clippings, cuttings, parings, rubbish, waste, windfall). (various references)

Faeroese

sýta (abnegate, deny, reject), havna (reject). (various references)

Farsi 

فضولات (Garbage, Garble), مضایقه تفاله کردن , نپذیرفتن (Decline, Disallow, Rejcet, Repel), قبول نکردن (Disclaim), سرباززدن , اشغال (Dump, Jakes, Junk, Litter, Occupancy, Occupation, Riffraff, Rubbish, Scrap, Slag, Slither, Sliver, Swill, Tenure, Tot, Trash), ادم بیکاره (Ne'erdowell), ردکردن (Balk, Confute, Controvert, Decline, Deny, Disallow, Disapprove, Disavow, Disclaim, Disown, Disprove, Gainsay, Ignore, Impugn, Overrule, Rebuff, Rebut, Refute, Rejcet, Repel, Repudiate, Veto). (various references)

Finnish

roskat (garbage), rikat (garbage, sweepings), törky (dirt, filth, garbage, rubbish, trash), kiinteistöjäte (rubbish), kieltäytyä (abstain, decline, give up, refrain, refuse a person something), jätteet (garbage, leavings, offal, rubbish, table scraps), jäte (remnant, residue, waste), hylky (waste, wreck), hylätä (abandon, cancel, decline, desert, disallow, discard, dismiss, disown, forsake, leave, reject), evätä (reject). (various references)

French

refuser (reject, repudiate), déchets (remains). (various references)

Frisian

wegerje (reject), ôfwize (reject), ôfkitse (reject), ôffal (apostasy, apostate, clippings, cuttings, defection, parings, remainder, rest, rubbish, waste, windfall), ôfeart (clippings, cuttings, parings, remainder, rest, rubbish, waste, windfall). (various references)

German

verweigern (deny, disallow, refuse to obey, reject, to deny, to disallow, to refuse, withhold), versagen (be a failure, break down, breakdown, defection, deny, fail, failing, failure, flop, give out, go, malfunction, reject, to break down, to flop, withhold), Unrat (dirt, filth, ordure), abweisen (dismiss, reject, repel, repulse, to repel, to repulse, turn away, turn down), abschlagen (beat off, bully off, chip off, chop down, cut off, cutting, hack off, hew off, knock down, knock off, punt, reject, repulse, sever, severance, slash off, tee off, to refuse, turn down, wipe out), ablehnen (challenge, decline, disallow, disapprove of, disclaim, object, oppose, opt out, overrule, quash, reject, repudiate, spurn, throw out, to decline, to defeat, to deprecate, to depreciate, to disclaim, to disown, to refuse, to repudiate, to turn down, turn down, vote out), Abfall (apostasy, breakaway, breaking away, declension, defection, drop, garbage, litter, offal, offall, rubbish, slide, trash, wastage, waste). (various references)

Greek 

σκύβαλα (trash), σκουπίδια (garbage, junk, litter, rubbish, sweepings, trash), αρνούμαι (abnegate, dcline, decline, deny, disavow, disclaim, gainsay, negate, negative, rebuff), απορρίμματα (dross, litter, offal, offscourings, trash). (various references)

Hebrew 

מפל (fall, offal), מאוס (abominable, abomination, anathema, atrocious, despicable, disgusting, foul, fulsome, loathsome, mangy, repulsive, repulsiveness), למאן (decline), למ� וע (avert, deny, deprive, forestall, head off, hinder, inhibit, keep back, preclude, prevent, stop, ward off, withhold), לשלול (bereave, contradict, deny, deprive, disapprove, negate, rebut, veto), לסרב (decline, defy, rebuff), ויתר, פסולת (dregs, junk, litter, offal, riffraff, rubbish, sweepings, trash, waste), חלא�" (dirt, filth), אשפ�" (dirt, dung, dunghill, garbage, litter, rubbish, sweepings, trash, waste), � עורת (chaff). (various references)

Hungarian

törmelék (chippings, debris, detritus, offal, potsherd, rubbish, rubble, scrap, shatter, slump scraps, wreckage), hulladék-, hulladék (cabbage, clippings, cut-offs, cuttings, debris, dross, end, garbage, junk, lop, oddments, offal, paring, pickings, scrapings, spilt, spoilage, sweepings, trash, wastage, waste). (various references)

Icelandic

neita (abnegate, deny, reject). (various references)

Indonesian

tolak, tampik, menolak (decry, dissent, override), ingkar (denial, disavow, negation). (various references)

Irish

bruscar. (various references)

Italian

rifiutarsi (reject), rifiuti (cull, garbage, litter, offal, rubbish, sweepings, swill, trash), rifiutare (decline, deny, disallow, rebut, reject, repudiate, spurn, throw over, turn down, withhold). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�" (dregs, feces, scum). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かす (dregs, feces, scum, to be reduced, to change into, to convert to, to impose, to improve, to influence, to lend, to transform). (various references)

Korean 

패물. (various references)

Malay

menolak (reject). (various references)

Manx

trustyr (deads, debris, dirt, dross, filth, garbage, junk, muck, muckiness, nastiness, rubbish, scrap, trash, trash rubbish), orch (clutter, debris, leaving of fodder, trash, trash rubbish, wastage), obbal (abnegate; refusal, abnegation, abstain, abstention, decline, denial, denounce, denunciation, deny, disavow, disavowal, disclaim, disown, forbid, go against, jib, negate, negation, refusing, refutation, refute, self-denial, turn down, turn down refuse), jiooldey (cast off, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, dissent, eliminate, exclude, negate, negation, negative, reject, rejection, renouncement, repudiate, repudiation, spurn, traverse), greim mestey, fooillaght (throw outs), brock (botch, bungle, cock-up, fiasco, hash, muddle, remains; badger, slip up, wastage). (various references)

Maori

whakakaahore-tia (to refuse). (various references)

Norwegian

nekte (abnegate, denigh, deny, reject), avfall (garbage, rubbish, waste). (various references)

Papiamen

nenga (abnegate, deny, reject). (various references)

Pig Latin

efuseray.(various references)

Portuguese

recusar (balk, challenge, confute, decline, deny, dismiss, pill, pish, put back, rebut, reject, reprobate, repulse, set aside, turn down, withhold), lixo (filth, garbage, litter, offscourings, rejectamenta, rubbish, sweeping, trash, waste). (various references)

Romanian

resturi (draff, garbage, Grout, jetsam, leavings, litter, odd-come-shorts, odds and ends, offal, parings, picking, remain, remains, remnants, rubbish, scrap, scraps, tailings, wreck), respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebuff, rebut, recess, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), refuza (decline, deny, disallow, foreclose, jib at, put back, rebut, reject, repudiate, repulse, resist), rebut (jetsam, reject, rubbish, scrap, scum, spoilage, trash), murdãrie (contamination, corruption, defilement, dinginess, dirt, dirtiness, dishonesty, dung, filth, filthiness, foulness, greasiness, grime, litter, maculation, mess, muck, nastiness, naughty words, offscourings, ordure, puddle, rust, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, squalidity), lipsi (be away, be lacking, be missing, come short of, fail, lack, renounce, want), gunoi (carrion, dirt, dung, garbage, kitchen stuff, litter, manure, mess, muck, offscourings, rubbish, scum, soil, waste), declina (decline), deşeuri (cutting, junk, loss, rejection, rubbish, tailings, waste), deşeu (reject, remnant), brac (harrier, trash), alege (appear, become, choose, churn, cull, decide, distinguish, elect, extract, glean, Peel, pick, pick on, pick out, reject, remain, result, return, screen, select, separate, shell, sift, single out, sort, sunder, take one's choice, winnow), abţine (abstain, refrain, subdue). (various references)

Romansch

refusar (to refuse). (various references)

Russian 

отказываться (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, decline, deny, disavow, disclaim, disown, fail to, forgo, forsake, forsaken, forsook, recede, refused, reject, renounce, repudiate, resign, waive, waived). (various references)

Scottish

spruidhleach (crumbs, fragments), seun (a charm, a charm for protection, defend by charms, deny, prosperity;, refus, shun), sal (dross, scum), ob (avoid; fail, give in or over, reject), gusgul, fuighleach (leavings, remains), frabhas, eur (va. and vn. refuse), eitich, diùlt (misgive), diùbhaidh , diùgha, � icheidh (deny). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

smeće (garbage, litter, offscourings, raff, trash), otpadak (recrement, rubbish, trash), otpaci (dross, litter, odds and ends, offal, sewage, stuff, trash), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), odbijati (block, negative, reverberate, snub), loše (amiss, bad, badly, poorly), loš (abominable, bad, gross, lousy, mean, miserable, poor, shoddy, trashy, vile). (various references)

Spanish

rehusar (decline, deny, jib, reject), rechazar (ban, beat back, beat off, defeat, deny, deprecate, disallow, disavow, discard, disclaim, discourage, dismiss, disown, drive back, fend, fend off, fight off, hand off, hold off, negative, overrule, Parry, pass up, press back, push back, put aside, rebuff, rebut, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, set aside, Spike, spurn, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, turn down, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away), desperdicios (offal, remains, rubbish, swill, trash, waste), desechos (clippings, cuttings, debris, parings, rejectamenta, remainder, rest, rubbish, rubble, waste, windfall), desecho (cast off, cull, discard, dross, reject, rejected article, rubbish, throw out), denegar (deny, disallow, overrule, reject), basura (catlap, dirt, draff, dregs, dust, dustbin, garbage, junk, leak, litter, mullock, rubbish, scourings, tat, trash, waste). (various references)

Sranan

weygri (reject), mombi (reject). (various references)

Swedish

vägra (balk, deny, jib, reject), neka (abnegate, denial, deny, reject), sopor (sweepings, trash), rata (reject, scorn), avslå (decline, dismiss, refusing, reject, repulse, turn down), avskräda, avfall (apostasy, backsliding, chips, cutting, cuttings, defection, dross, falling away, garbage, leavings, litter, odd-come-short, offal, recrement, rejectamenta, waste). (various references)

Turkish

reddetmek (abnegate, cast off, challenge, controvert, damn, declare off, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispute, draw the line, fall down, gainsay, negate, negative, Nix, overrule, protest, quash, rebut, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn down, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), istenmeyen (out of favour, uncalled for, undesirable, undesired, unwanted, unwelcome), artık (anymore, at that, discard, dreg, dregs, dross, effluent, fag end, hog-wash, leftover, no longer, no more, remainder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scraps, shoddy, spoils, tag end, waste), atık (contaminant, contamination, faecal matter, faeces, fall out, fallout, rejectamenta, rejection, throw out, waste, waste product), ayak diremek (balk, balk at, baulk, insist, jib, put one's foot down, shuffle, shuffle one's feet), döküntü (debris, detritus, dilapidated, dreg, excuse, fall out, fallout, heap, junk, litter, residuum, rubbish, rubble, scrap, skin eruption, spoils, sweeps, tot, waste), direnmek (fight back, hold out, hold up, jib, jib at doing, make a stand for, offer resistance, persevere, resist, stand, stand out, stand out against, stick up to, withstand), çöp (brushing, chip, crud, discard, dregs, garbage, junk, leavings, litter, mullock, rejectamenta, rubbish, straw, trash, waste), işe yaramaz (dud, fiddling, good for nothing, idle, it's no use, no good, noneffective, non-effective, null, of no avail, of no use, offcast, otiose, out, reject, unfit, unserviceable, useless, weedy), süprüntü (brushing, candle-end, dreg, dregs, dross, garbage, offscourings, rejectamenta, rubbish, sweepings, sweeps, trumpery), izin vermemek (disallow, not to let), kırpıntı (clipping, clippings, flue, rag, scrap, shavings, sweeps, trimmings), kaçınmak (abstain, avoid, balk, baulk, beg, beware, chicken out, dodge, elude, eschew, evade, flee, flee from, flinch, forbear, funk, get out of, keep clear of, refrain, shirk, short circuit, shun, sidestep, spare, stand aloof, stand apart, stand aside, steer clear of, Stow), kabul etmemek (cast to the winds, decline, disapprove, disclaim, gainsay, reject, repudiate, rule out, rule smth. out of order, turn thumbs down on, wave aside), karşı koymak (bear against, confront, contest, counter, counteract, counterwork, demur, dispute, face, face up to, fend, fight back, offer resistance, oppugn, resist, set against, stand, stand out, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, withstand), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, rebuff, reject, repel, repulse, reverse, spurn, turn away, turn back). (various references)

Ukrainian

рештки (ashes, candle-end, leavings, odd-come-short, scraps), відмовлятися (abdicate, abjure, abnegate, back down, backtrack, cast off, discard, forgo, forsake, forswear, jettison, lay aside, lay down, nill, part with, pass up, pretext, recede, relinquish, renounce, repeal, retract, throw aside, throw out, throw over, waive, withdraw), відмовляти (debar, deny, disallow, discourage, malfunction, notice, persuade, say no, withhold), непридатний (chaffy, good for nothing, ineligible, insufficient, non-effective, of no avail, outcast, trumpery, unfit, unsuitable, unusable, useless, without avail), покидьки (cast, cull, dross, offal, offscum, outcast, overcast, paltry, peltry, rejectamenta, scruff, trash). (various references)

Welsh

ysbwriel (rubbish, trash), sothach (garbage, rubbish, trash), sorod (dregs, dross), pallu (cease, fail, neglect), naca/u (deny), mwlwg (chaff, sweepings), gwrthod (deny, reject), gwehilion (riff-raff, trash), gwarafun (forbid, grudge), gomedd. (various references)

Zulu

-ala (reject). (various references)

abnegantes, abnegaverunt, abneges, abneget, abnego, abnuo, aspernabantur, aversantium, aversatur, aversatus, averseris, aversor, denegabitur, deneges, deneget, detracta, detractant, detractaque, invidebant, invidebit, invidentes, invideo, invideruntque, invidet, invidit, invisa, invisus, negabant, negabimus, negabis, negabit, negabo, negabunt, negandum, negant, negantes, negantibus, negare, negasti, negastis, negat, negatio, negatione, negaverit, negaverunt, negavi, negavit, nolle, nolo, nolo, nolle, nolui, peripsima, quisquiliae, quisquiliae, quisquiliarum, quisquilias, recusantes, reiciendum, reiecta, renuo, respuere, respuistis. (various references)

refus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "refuse": refused, refusenik, refuseniks, refuser, refusers, refuses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Refuse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: erfsu, Rakusen, rebuse, reduse, refaze, reflus, refume, refus, refuset, refuste, refuz, Regusse, remues, remuse, Reofos, retusa. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: feres, frees, fusee, reefs, reuse.

-2 letters: fees, fere, feus, free, furs, fuse, reef, rees, refs, rues, ruse, seer, sere, serf, suer, sure, surf, user.

-3 letters: efs, ere, ers, fee, fer, feu, fur, ree, ref, res, rue, see, ser, sue, use.

-4 letters: ef, er, es, re, us.

+1 letter: ferules, fuelers, perfuse, refuels, refuges, refused, refuser, refuses, refutes, unfrees.

+2 letters: features, ferreous, ferrules, feverous, flexures, fuehrers, fuellers, fusileer, perfumes, perfused, perfuses, refluxes, refugees, refusers, refuters, reinfuse, sneerful, suffered, sufferer, surefire.

+3 letters: befoulers, buffeters, feudaries, firehouse, fluorenes, fluoresce, flustered, fourteens, frequents, fulleries, furmeties, fusileers, interfuse, perfumers, perfusate, pufferies, putrefies, refigures, refocused, refocuses, refunders, refusenik, reinfused, reinfuses, reposeful, resentful, reshuffle, restuffed, resurface, reunifies, rufescent, sufferers, superfine, supersafe, superwife, surfeited, surfeiter, unfetters, unfreezes.