refuse

1. 1.

   food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

   Synonymsgarbagefood wastescraps

   Broaderwaste

Other forms of refuse

plural

refuses·

past tense

refused·

present participle

refusing·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about refuse

What does refuse mean?

refuse means "show unwillingness towards". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in refuse?

refuse has 2 syllables: re-fuse. The stress falls on "fuse". In IPA it is /ɹəˈfjuz/.

What is another word for refuse?

Close synonyms include decline, reject, pass up, turn down, decline. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of refuse?

The recorded antonyms are accept, accept.

Is refuse a common word?

refuse is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with refuse?

6 words rhyme with refuse. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.