Turn Down

Definition: Turn Down

Turn Down

Verb

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

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

3. Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances".

4. Take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom".

5. Make lower or quieter;"turn down the volume of a radio".

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

Synonyms: Turn Down

Fold

Verb: fold, double, plicate, plait, crease, wrinkle, crinkle, crankle, curl, cocker, rimple, rumple, flute,frizzle, frounce, rivel, twill, corrugate, ruffle, crimple, crumple, pucker; turn down, double down, down under; tuck, ruck, hem, gather.

Refusal

Verb: refuse, reject, deny, decline, turn down; nill, negative; refuse one's assent, withhold one's assent; shake the head; close the hand, close the purse; grudge, begrudge, be slow to, hang fire; pass.

Crosswords: Turn Down

Who's gonna turn down a Junior Mint (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

! Did I hear you just turn down a date with that girl (Cheers; writing credit: Isaac Cronin; Wayne Wang)

Can you please turn down the house lights and turn on the stage lights (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami)

Ugh! It's getting kind of cold. I think I should turn down this air breeze a little- (Hey Arnold!; writing credit: Luís Filipe Rocha)

I was told that I could listen to the radio at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven, I told bill that if Sandra is going to listen to her headphones while she's filing then I should be able to listen to the radio while I'm collating so I don't see why I should have to turn down the radio because I enjoy listening at a reasonable volume from nine to eleven (Office Space; writing credit: Mike Judge)

Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio? (references; author: unknown)

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

Travel

Qatar

U.S. business representatives visiting Qatar should not turn down an invitation to lunch or dinner at the home of their trade partners. (references)

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

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

Expressions using "turn down": To turn down ♦ turn down a request ♦ turn down an invitation ♦ turn down the corner of a page ♦ turn down the corner of the page. Additional references.

Albanian

ul (abase, cast down, cheapen, couch, decline, depress, disparage, drop, embus, furl, humble, incline, keep down, knock off, land, lower, modulate, pull down, reduce, scale down, seat, sink, strike, subdue, subside, throw, untuck), palos (double, double up, flatten, fold, furl, turn back), kthej (bandy, bend, bow, bring back, convert, disgorge, fold in, give back, head off, lift down, replace, restore, return, slew, throw back, transform, transit, turn, turn aside), hedh poshtë (censure, confute, contradict, controvert, decline, demolish, detrude, disclaim, disprove, dispute, knock out, push aside, rebut, refute, reject, repudiate, sweep away, wave aside), hap (anatomize, cave, detect, dig, disclose, display, dissect, distribute, drive, expand, footstep, inaugurate, move, open, open up, pace, peg, pitch, remove, roll out, spread, start, step, stretch, strew, turn on, unblock, unbolt, unbosom, uncap, unclasp, unclench, unclose, uncork, uncover, undo, undraw, unfurl, unhook, unlatch, unlock, unreel, unseal, unshutter, unwrap, walk). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قلب رأسا على عقب (turn the tables), ‏طوى (double, double back, fold, lap, pleat, replicate, roll up, wreathe, writhe), ‏خفض (ax, axe, bear, bring down, cut, debase, deplete, depreciation, depress, dropping, lessen, lower, lowering, mark down, minimize, pull down, put down, rebate, recline, retrench, scale down, shorten, sink, slake, slam, slash, step down, stitch down, subdue, whittle down), ‏ثنى الصفحة, ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, rebuff, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss). (various references)

Bulgarian 

сгъвам (fold), свалям (bring down, cast off, doff, douse, down, drop, drop off, get down, get off, land, lay, let off, overthrow, prang, prostrate, pull down, pull off, put down, put off, reach down, remove, ring down, rip down, rush, set down, shuck off, shuffle off, stretch, take down, take off, tear away, tear down, tear off, throw off, unbelt, uncap, unhorse, unship, vail), свивам (bend, constrict, contract, convulse, cop, double, double up, draw, knap, knit, knit together, knot, neck, pinch, pucker, roll, screw, screw up, set, shorten, snitch, swing, turn, twist, wad, warp, work), спадам (decline, decrease, deflate, dip, ease, ease off, ebb, fall, lower, recede, sag, sink), спад (drop, recession), който се обръща, който се носи обърнат, отказана стока, обръщам надолу, намалявам светлината на, завивам (blanket, swing, tuck, turn, turn off, wrap), западам (come down, decay, dwindle, fail, falter, go back, molder, moulder, sag, sink). (various references)

Chinese 

駁回 (overrule, reject). (various references)

Czech

ztlumit (cushion, damp down, deaden, dim, dip, hush, soften, tone down), zahnout (bend, clench, clinch, turn, turn in), přivřít, přitáhnout (pull up, tighten), odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, rebuff, refuse, reject, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, snub, wave aside). (various references)

Finnish

torjua luotaan (dismiss a thought from one's mind, keep at a distance, turn away), vääntää radio hiljemmäksi, vääntää pienemmälle. (various references)

French

se fléchir, replier (tuck, turn back), rejeter, refuser, rabattre, descendre, baisser. (various references)

German

zurückschlagen (beat back, beat off, beatback, fight back, flare back, fold back, hit back, kick, knock away, knock back, leaf back, pull back, repel, repulse, retaliate, return, roll back, strike back, swing back, to repulse, to strike back), umschlagen (change suddenly, crack, double back, envelop, fold back, knock over, put on, transfer, transship, turn back, veer round), umlegen (apply, bring down, bump off, change, do in, floor, hit, knock down, put on, put round, re-lay, reorder, screw, split the cost, tilt, transfer, turn over), umklappen (fold down, pass out), niederschlagen (beat down, cast down, down, fell, flatten, knock down, knockdown, lower, precipitate, put down, quell, suppress, to condense, to knock down, to knockdown, waive), herunterklappen (let down), ausschlagen (be deflected, beat out, bowl out, bud, burgeon, germinate, hit out, kick, kick out, knock out, lash out, redound, refuse, reject, start to bud, swing round, waive), abweisen (dismiss, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, to repel, to repulse, turn away), abschlagen (beat off, bully off, chip off, chop down, cut off, cutting, hack off, hew off, knock down, knock off, punt, refuse, reject, repulse, sever, severance, slash off, tee off, to refuse, wipe out), absagen (call off, cancel, cry off, decline, refuse, renege, to call off, to renege), ablehnen (challenge, decline, disallow, disapprove of, disclaim, object, oppose, opt out, overrule, quash, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, throw out, to decline, to defeat, to deprecate, to depreciate, to disclaim, to disown, to refuse, to repudiate, to turn down, vote out), abdecken (block off, cover, discover, flay, mask, skin, strip, to mask, uncover, unroof). (various references)

Greek 

απορρίπτω (cast, disallow, discard, disclaim, fail, overrule, refuse, reject, scout, shed). (various references)

Hungarian

visszahajtás (turnback, turn-down), letûz, lehalkít (to lower, to soften, to turn down), lehajtott (turn-down, turned down, turned in), lehajt (bent, lower, recline, sank, slouch, sunk, to bend, to sink, to stoop, to tip off, to turn down). (various references)

Indonesian

mengecilkan (disparage, make something small). (various references)

Italian

ripiegare (bend, bend again, fall back, fold up, lower, refold, withdraw), rifiutare (decline, deny, disallow, rebut, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn, throw over, withhold). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

�"�し出�'断る (to turn down an offer), 折�"る (to refrain, to repeat, to tell again and again, to turn down, to turn up), 折曲�'る (to bend, to double, to turn down, to turn up), 折り曲�'る (to bend, to double, to turn down, to turn up), 折れ�"る (to refrain, to repeat, to tell again and again, to turn down, to turn up), 断わる (to decline, to excuse oneself, to refuse, to reject, to turn down), 没にする (to reject, to turn down), 弱くする (to turn down). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おりま�'る (to bend, to double, to turn down, to turn up), おれかえる (to refrain, to repeat, to tell again and again, to turn down, to turn up), ぼつにする (to reject, to turn down), �"とわる (to ask leave, to decline, to dismiss, to excuse oneself, to inform, to refuse, to reject, to turn down), もうしで�'�"とわる (to turn down an offer), よわくする (to turn down). (various references)

Manx

injillaghey (change down, cheap, cheap morally, condescend, cut, cut down, debase, defer, degradation, degrade, demote, demotion, depreciate, depreciation, depress, depression, die down, humiliate, humiliation, level down, reduce, reduction, relegate, sink, step down, subdue, subject, submit, subordinate, subordination, vulgarization, vulgarize), filley neose. (various references)

Pig Latin

urntay ownday.(various references)

Portuguese

rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, discard, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebuff, rebut, refuse, reject, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, throw-out), recusar (balk, challenge, confute, decline, deny, dismiss, pill, pish, put back, rebut, refuse, reject, reprobate, repulse, set aside, withhold), dobrar para baixo, declinar (decay, declare, decline, state), baixar (come down, down, draw down, droop, drop, ebb, fall, get down, go down, issue, let down, let up, lower, pull down, recede, reduce, sink, subside, take down, tone down), abaixar (bring down, decrease, derogate, descend, down-grade, lower, reduce). (various references)

Russian 

убавлять, сворачивать (shunt, swerve, veer, wrap, zagged), отклонять (decline, deflect, divert, lead off, reject, set ~ aside, set aside, turn aside), отвергать (cast aside, disallow, discard, discarding, jettison, negate, negative, override, overrule, rebut, refuse, refuse to admit, reject, rejecting, repel, repudiate, repulse, spurn, vote down), подвертывать. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

utišati (calm, hush, mollify), umanjiti (attenuate, cut back, decrease, detract, diminish, extenuate, make a hole in, minify, minimize, reduce), spustiti (bring down, drop, fall, hang up, keep down, lay down, lend, let down, lower, put down, set down), presaviti (centerfold, fold, tuck), preklopiti (fold, lap), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, rebuff, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, ward off, wean). (various references)

Spanish

tornar (dial, transform), volver hacia abajo, 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, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, say no to, scout, set aside, Spike, spurn, stave off, stem, throw back, throw out, thrust aside, turn away, vote down, vote out, ward off, wave aside, wave away), poner boca abajo (pronate), no aceptar (disallow, turn away), bajar (abase, abate, bow, bring down, climb down, come down, cut, decline, decrease, deign, demean, demote, depreciate, descend, detrain, discount, dismount, download, drop, drop off, duck, ebb, fall, fall away, fall back, fall off, get down, get off, get out, go below, go belowdecks, go down, hand down, hang, hop off, let down, lift down, lower, pull down, put down, rebate, recede, reduce, ring down, sag, set out, sink, step down, stoop, subside, take down, trail, walk down, walk off, wind down). (various references)

Swedish

vika ner, skruva ner, förkasta (cast off, denounce, disallow, disapprove, disavow, discard, jettison, kill, negative, overrule, reject, reprobate, repudiate, throw overboard), fälla ner (let down, shut), avvisa (disallow, dismiss, meet, overrule, rebuff, reject, repulse, send away, set aside, spurn, throw over, turn away, wave aside), avslå (decline, dismiss, refuse, refusing, reject, repulse). (various references)

Turkish

ters dönmek (capsize, overturn, turn, turn turtle, turn upside down), ters çevirmek (invert, turn inside out, turn upside down, upturn), 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, refuse, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repudiate, rule out, scout, set aside, spurn, take objection to, throw out, turn back, turn thumbs down on, veto, wave aside), kıvırmak (angle, bend, contort, Crimp, crisp, crook, curl, curl up, do successfully, drape, enfold, entwine, entwist, fold, fold down, frill, frizz, frizzle, gauffer, goffer, gopher, handle, have a command of, inflect, intwine, manage, meander, squirm, squirm out of, tuck, tuck in, tuck up, turn back, twist, wind, wind up), kısmak (abridge, attenuate, ax, axe, check, choke, choke back, choke off, curtail, cut back, cut down on, depress, diminish, draw in, economize, narrow, pare, pare down, pinch, put down, qualify, reduce, retrench, scrimp, skimp, soften, stint, throttle, throttle down, tighten), içeri kıvrılmak. (various references)

Turkmen 

цзьrmek (put out, switch off, turn down a light). (various references)

Ukrainian

відкидати (abnegate, baffle, balk, brush away, cast aside, cast away, deny, disapprove, discard, divest, doff, forswear, jettison, negate, negative, non-concur, override, overturn, push back, rebut, reject, reprobate, repudiate, set aside, throw aside, throw away, toss aside, wave aside, wave away), зменшуватися (abate, decline, decrease, dispeople, drop across, drop off, ease, ease off, fall off), зменшувати (abate, allay, alleviate, ax, axe, belittle, cut back, decrease, detract, diminish, dwindle, extenuate, lessen, minify, palliate, relax, slacken, whittle away). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: downturn, turndown.

-1 letter: rundown.

-2 letters: rotund, turnon, untorn, untrod, unworn.

-3 letters: donut, drown, round, unwon, wound.

-4 letters: dour, down, dunt, durn, duro, noun, nowt, nurd, rout, runt, torn, tour, town, trod, trow, turd, turn, undo, unto, wont, word, worn, wort.

-5 letters: don, dor, dot, dow, dun, duo, nod, nor, not, now, nun, nut, ort, oud, our, out, own.

+1 letter: downturns, turndowns.

+4 letters: untowardness.