Synonym: decline, garbage, junk, litter, rebuff, reject, rubbish, rubble, trash, waste. Antonym: accept. Similar words: defuse, refuge, refute, refund, refugee, infuse, confuse, confused. Meaning: [rɪ'fjuːz] 
n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). v. 1. show unwillingness towards 2. refuse to accept 3. elude, especially in a baffling way 4. refuse to let have 5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ 6. refuse entrance or membership.
n. food that is discarded (as from a kitchen). v. 1. show unwillingness towards 2. refuse to accept 3. elude, especially in a baffling way 4. refuse to let have 5. resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ 6. refuse entrance or membership. 
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151) At the risk of sounding ungrateful, I must refuse your offer.
152) The hijackers refuse to yield to demands to release the passengers.
153) I wanted to ask her out but was scared that she might refuse.
154) A patient can refuse consent for a particular treatment at any time.
155) Some newspapers, most famously the New York Times, refuse to print the word Ms.
156) My first instinct was to refuse, but later I reconsidered.
157) Some children refuse to eat at all and others overeat.
158) I refuse to be stampeded into making any hasty decisions.
159) People who refuse to pay tax can be put in prison.
160) They refuse to enter into any discussion on this matter.
161) The little girl looked so pitiful; I hadn't the heart to refuse.
162) Some nurses wanted the right to refuse to perform abortions.
163) He used to lock himself in his bedroom for hours on end and refuse to talk to anyone.
164) I absolutely refuse to take part in anything that's illegal.
165) I couldn't very well refuse to help them, could I?
166) Claudia would have liked to refuse , but she didn't dare.
167) Many couples refuse to face the fact that there are problems in their marriage.
168) We refuse to sign any treaty that is against our national interests.
169) He was afraid that if he proposed she might refuse.
170) If you refuse to co-operate , I shall kill you.
171) It is socially irresponsible to refuse young people advice on sexual matters.
172) At one point I thought she was going to refuse, but in the end she agreed.
173) She offered them cups of tea and it seemed churlish to refuse.
174) I shall have to refuse your invitation because of a prior engagement.
175) The association has threatened to withdraw its support if the banks and building societies refuse to play ball.
176) The refugees do jobs that workers in the host country refuse to do.
177) They burn out(sentence dictionary), refuse to work.
178) It would be churlish to refuse you.
179) I personally refuse to pass the buck.
180) Many addicts refuse to go to treatment centers.
More similar words: defuse, refuge, refute, refund, refugee, infuse, confuse, confused, effusive, transfuse, refer, reform, care for, refill, prefer, therefore, beef up, refer to, reflect, defunct, forceful, doleful, forefront, ruefully, befuddle, to the full, graceful, be full of, grateful, reference.