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What is another word for
refuse
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Verb
To show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
To refuse or be unwilling to allow or grant
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
To disagree with or dispute
To struggle tenaciously to resist something
To hate, detest, or revile
Regard with contempt
To erase from one's memory
To refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse)
To move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
To be hesitant or show reluctance
Noun
Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless
Foul matter, especially dirt, which soils or defiles
A quantity left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with
The common or lower-class of people collectively or as a mass
Refuse
The state or quality of being superfluous
Foolish talk or writing
A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed
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Verb
▲
To show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
decline
reject
spurn
repudiate
scorn
rebuff
disapprove
disdain
dismiss
negate
negative
nix
reprobate
snub
pass
repel
repulse
shun
withdraw
demur
deselect
desist
ignore
protest
turn down
pass up
throw out
knock back
say no
balk at
baulk at
brush off
dispense with
say no to
turn away
demur at
hold back
hold off
hold out
protest at
set aside
throw over
turn from
give thumbs down to
turn back on
turn deaf ear to
jib at
send off
draw the line at
not buy
refuse to receive
not care for
not budge on
send one's regrets
shake one's head
don't want to
renounce
forgo
avoid
abandon
eschew
abstain from
refrain from
give up
desist from
resist
forbear
steer clear of
abjure
drop
forsake
stop
withhold from
keep from
cease
quit
relinquish
kick
cut out
deny
pass on
discontinue
skip
do without
swear off
pack in
forbear from
abstain
waive
disregard
forswear
curb
break off
brush aside
finish
check
lay off
evade
shy from
leave off
go without
jack in
give something a miss
shrink from
veto
leave alone
halt
refrain
suspend
abdicate
disavow
not accept
opt out
knock off
can
preclude
scoff at
stay away from
bypass
cold-shoulder
restrain from
give over
pack up
fend off
give someone the brush-off
have nothing to do with
give a wide berth to
sit out
give the thumbs down to
give the cold shoulder
withhold
withgo
call a halt to
call it a day
miss
neglect
arrest
opt out of
cut
pass by
abnegate
belay
shirk
forego
throw away
snout
back off from
pull out of
put a stop to
axe
UK
rein in
check out from
deny oneself
miss out on
ax
US
put an end to
wean
kibosh
call it quits on
surcease from
stay clear of
cast aside
give the bum's rush
restrain oneself from
freeze out
leave out
prevent oneself from
give someone the go-by
give the brush
cut dead
put down
shy away from
look right through someone
tell someone where to get off
not give in to
shake off
stiff-arm
stop oneself from
discount
put off
delay
obstruct
shoot down
overlook
buck
not heed
retract
stall
filibuster
cede
surrender
yield
recant
repeal
reluct
unsay
not hear of
renege
check oneself
foreswear
not take advantage of
slight
hand over
put aside
turn over
sacrifice
contemn
jilt
decide against
disown
keep
concede
sneer at
sneeze at
treat with contempt
turn your nose up at
look down on
stonewall
hold in contempt
desert
sign away
refuse to take advantage of
detain
look down one's nose at
wash your hands of
turn your back on
weasel out of
unaccustom
inhibit
suppress
keep back
cut off
give the thumbs down
give the red light
detach
end
let pass
have done with
withdraw from
give the go by
take the cure
hold off on
stifle
let go by
break
conclude
fail to take advantage of
put on hold
put on ice
ostracize
US
hinder
stay away
interfere with
head off
sidestep
escape
dodge
stave off
make up for
circumvent
get around
get out of
avert
steer clear
nullify
obviate
ward off
prevent
neutralize
US
block
impede
counterbalance
break the habit of
withstand
skip out on
help
prohibit
shake
neutralise
UK
skirt
counteract
anticipate
bilk
ditch
kick the habit
quit cold
lay off of
let up
keep off
cease to indulge in
kick over
call it quits
ostracise
UK
keep one's distance from
body-swerve
stay shy of
fight shy of
keep away from
not touch
have no part in
give a wide berth
stand aloof from
keep clear of
send to Coventry
have no part of
recoil from
give the runaround
turn away from
palm off
more ❯
“Not only did they
refuse
his appeal, but Paine was again dismissed as a tax collector.”
Verb
▲
To refuse or be unwilling to allow or grant
deny
withhold
decline
disallow
disapprove
discountenance
negative
nix
reject
reprobate
not grant
give the thumbs down to
veto
turn down
repudiate
dismiss
throw out
forbid
pass
block
abjure
revoke
spurn
disavow
rebuff
prohibit
negate
deselect
pass up
disown
give the red light to
disacknowledge
recant
balk at
rule out
throw over
kill
interdict
squash
quash
overrule
shoot down
say no to
ban
pass on
rule against
blackball
renounce
prevent
forswear
preclude
overturn
disclaim
stop
set aside
retract
knock back
give up
declare null and void
wash your hands of
abandon
cancel
relinquish
reverse
abnegate
down
discard
exclude
taboo
bar
embargo
proscribe
countermand
invalidate
rescind
outlaw
eschew
say ‘no’ to
oppose
put down
defeat
cast off
renege
nullify
turn your back on
refuse to acknowledge
give something a miss
put an end to
put a stop to
give thumbs down to
abdicate
vote down
boycott
contravene
pass by
cut
give thumbs down
thumbs down
dissent
not go for
place an embargo on
censure
throw away
burn
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
contradict
divorce oneself from
turn back on
refuse to accept
debar
repeal
rebut
gainsay
override
disaffirm
refute
disconfirm
annul
zing
throw
censor
recall
alter
discount
weasel out of
renig
welsh
go back on your word
void
impugn
drop out
worm out of
withdraw
abrogate
overthrow
shut out
keep back
outvote
take back
vacate
strike down
make null and void
repulse
forgo
begrudge
restrain
give the brush-off to
stand in the way
enjoin from
turn thumbs down
forsake
desert
dump
shed
surrender
oust
disprofess
disinherit
banish
cast aside
break with
cut off
defect from
not accept
have nothing more to do with
have no more truck with
lay aside
be against
fly in the face of
don't want
not want
more ❯
“The terms would
refuse
her access to her trust funds until she reached eighteen.”
Verb
▲
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
exclude
bar
ban
debar
prohibit
proscribe
forbid
disallow
interdict
eliminate
veto
preclude
embargo
except
block
stop
blackball
omit
banish
prevent
boycott
suspend
blacklist
black
bate
ignore
remove
obviate
reject
disclude
disbar
estop
sideline
occlude
rule out
close out
count out
set aside
ward off
put an embargo on
cut out
pass over
shut out
ostracize
US
freeze out
ostracise
UK
expel
keep out
lock out
deny
outlaw
disentitle
disqualify
discount
rusticate
disfellowship
deprive
declare ineligible
say no to
deny access to
enjoin
refuse admission to
refuse entrance to
refuse to admit
leave out
inhibit
shut the door on
leave out in the cold
restrict
stand in the way of
give the cold shoulder to
check
thwart
override
circumvent
limit
exile
shut out of
shut off
cut off
avoid
shun
snub
spurn
pass by
turn your back on
brush off
have nothing to do with
stay away from
steer clear of
impose sanctions
strike
wash your hands of
hold aloof from
withhold patronage
place an embargo on
give a wide berth to
abstain from
pass up
ice out
cold-shoulder
refuse to take part in
refrain from
obstruct
impede
hinder
restrain
interrupt
dismiss
repudiate
invalidate
forestall
forfend
disenable
deter
disable
counteract
halt
curb
vote against
plug
discard
let
consider undesirable
declare incapable
cancel
recant
avert
abolish
revoke
refuse to employ
thumbs down
hit list
forbid to
put on hit list
make illegal
not consider
put paid to
forget about
close one's doors to
ward
discontinue
cease
quit
unfit
make it impracticable for
make impossible
make it impossible for
incapacitate
drop
nix
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyze
US
impair
paralyse
UK
weaken
make impracticable
put a stop to
miss
cut
elide
disregard
bypass
not make the cut
pretermit
skip
overpass
overleap
withhold
slight
take out
leave off
factor out
dispense with
skip over
let something slide
miss out
give something a miss
not bother
fail to include
cast aside
fail to mention
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
shut out
exclude
bar
ban
debar
except
eliminate
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
evict
cover
conceal
hide
mask
veil
shroud
seclude
close
obstruct
beleaguer
blockade
discontinue
screen
close out
rule out
count out
freeze out
keep out
shut off
lock out
block out
fence off
keep off
close one's doors to
keep at arm's length
refuse entrance to
deny admittance to
preclude
exile
deprive
reject
suspend
deny entry
banish
prohibit from entering
prevent
proscribe
squeeze out
force out
omit
disregard
leave out
shut the door on
taboo
refuse to admit
disallow
bate
pass over
prevent from entering
refuse admittance
exempt
deny access to
foreclose
blackball
disentitle
disqualify
prohibit
stop
black
disfellowship
interdict
deny
expel
forbid
veto
declare ineligible
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
leave out in the cold
give the cold shoulder to
say no to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To disagree with or dispute
dissent
differ
demur
disagree
dispute
diverge
challenge
disapprove
nonconcur
object
oppose
reject
repudiate
abjure
protest
rebel
renounce
stickle
argue
baulk
UK
balk
US
buck
contradict
decline
disaccord
discord
divide
pettifog
shy
vary
wrangle
argue with
disagree with
not ratify
object to
protest against
quibble over
express disagreement with
take issue with
be at odds with
be at variance with
decline to support
express disagreement
express objection
fail to agree with
refuse to support
break with
withhold assent
say nothing doing
say no way
put up an argument
put up a fight
say not a chance
fly in the face of
clash
conflict
quarrel
be at odds
squabble
bicker
quibble
cross swords
altercate
fight
lock horns
be at variance
fail to agree
jar
row
contend
scrap
spat
feud
take issue
fall out
be in dispute
debate
spar
brawl
war
controvert
take exception
battle
bump heads
be incompatible
have words
be at loggerheads
be at each other's throats
set to
argufy
hassle
tiff
discept
brabble
contest
contrast
be in opposition
argy-bargy
come into conflict
be dissimilar
be different
be unlike
have a row
bandy words
differ in opinion
be divided
be at sixes and sevens
not see eye to eye
go at it hammer and tongs
go at it
be of a different opinion
mix it up
fight like cat and dog
have a different opinion
take on
collide
bang heads
gainsay
palter
zap
haggle
skirmish
rip into each other
jump on
let someone have it
contradict each other
go for the jugular
lay into
sass
rehash
have an argument
hammer away
have at it
knock around
talk back
get in one's face
pick an argument
hash over
go one on one
face down
sock it to
put up a struggle
jump on each other
face off
verbally fight
have at each other
stick it to
defy
resist
flout
disobey
tangle
caterwaul
cavil
contravene
have it out
have a misunderstanding
have a tiff
find fault
chop logic
have a fight
get tough with
deviate
come out against
depart
dig your heels in
kick over the traces
go against
refuse to obey
refuse to accept the authority of
kick against
be in contention
not correspond
differ from
be of a different mind
not agree
be discordant
not accord
diverge from
run counter to
dissent from
shake one's head
have a disagreement
threap
have a spat
butt heads
struggle
have a barney
carp
argue over
do battle
pick a bone
have a dispute
engage
have an altercation
come to blows
fence
bandy words with somebody
kick up a row
raise Cain
light into
question
dig
scrape
get into conflict
fratch
jaw
scold
berate
ream
make a big thing about
trade zingers
nastily argue
pick at
have shouting match
cause a scene
get into a dispute
have a difference of opinion
discuss
take exception to
call into question
lock antlers
be at daggers with
be at daggers drawn
bandy
agitate
canvass
canvas
moot
tongue-lash
bawl out
call on the carpet
to fight
engage in conflict
talk over
hash out
exchange words
thrash out
have a scrap
cut and thrust
have a dust-up
toss around
exchange views
face
nitpick
bat around
kick around
bat back and forth
jump on one's case
tilt
confront
mess
combat
have a quarrel
have a squabble
grapple
niggle
vie
tourney
compete
have a slanging match
strive
tussle
mess with
trade blows
joust
break a lance
enter the lists
square up
close with
come to blows with
do battle with
exchange blows with
engage with
tussle with
battle with
wrestle
go to war
struggle with
scuffle
come up against
become involved
scrap with
wage war
clash with
be pedantic
pick nits
split hairs
raise trivial objections
argue over nothing
more ❯
Verb
▲
To struggle tenaciously to resist something
battle
resist
defy
fight
challenge
dispute
oppose
counter
oppugn
attack
contest
agitate against
argue against
stand up to
struggle against
hinder
impede
obstruct
confront
restrain
block
check
protest
frustrate
stop
combat
prevent
thwart
inhibit
halt
stem
curb
reluct
counteract
stonewall
countervail
lock horns with
take issue with
rebel against
dissent with
take up arms against
baulk at
fight against
take a stand against
dig in your heels
be in defiance of
speak out against
be hostile to
object to
contend with
refuse to accept
strive against
kick against
put up a fight against
go against
face down
be anti
take on
set your face against
be in opposition to
controvert
fly in the face of
repel
withstand
face
cross
buck
gainsay
react
counterattack
assail
assault
contend
ward off
fend off
argue with
quarrel with
be against
react against
speak against
stand up and be counted against
take a stand
revolt against
meet head-on
rise up against
take up arms
rival
question
campaign against
make a stand against
compete against
tangle with
compete with
spare no effort
put up an argument
oppose action
face off
negate
rally against
come to blows with
feud with
dissent from
repulse
rebuff
tackle
stave off
contravene
fight off
meet
hold at bay
beat
match
duel
battle against
struggle with
remain firm
keep at bay
turn down
stand firm
stand one's ground against
hold off
fight back
hold one's ground against
face up to
hold out against
put up a fight
contradict
deny
rebut
argue
encounter
disagree
disapprove
dislike
dissent
take
withstay
disagree with
disapprove of
take issue
call in question
frown at
not support
not countenance
run counter to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hate, detest, or revile
loathe
hate
detest
despise
abhor
dislike
abominate
execrate
scorn
disdain
spurn
reject
repudiate
decline
revolt
recoil from
shrink from
find intolerable
be repelled by
be allergic to
feel repugnance towards
dislike greatly
not be able to bear
have it in for
can't stand
be unable to stomach
find disgusting
be down on
can't bear
feel repugnance
have a strong aversion to
have aversion to
not be able to stand
have no use for
disrelish
deplore
regard with disgust
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
disapprove
have an aversion to
mislike
object to
shudder at
be unable to bear
condemn
look down on
reprove
feel aversion to
oppose
frown on
not take kindly to
not appreciate
resent
deprecate
shun
discountenance
disesteem
contemn
be unable to stand
eschew
regard with contempt
feel aversion towards
disapprove of
feel disgust for
frown upon
have no liking for
hold in disfavour
take exception to
regard with distaste
revile
be turned off to
be unable to abide
take a dim view of
have no taste for
have no stomach for
don't like
feel revulsion to
find repellent
regard with repugnance
antipathize
mind
regret
find distasteful
tsk-tsk
be averse to
be unable to tolerate
find unacceptable
not endure
have a down on
be against
lose interest in
have no taste
look askance at
bear malice toward
not care for
have hard feelings
grossed out on
think wrong
dislike intensely
make faces at
feel distaste for
tut about
tut-tut over
tut-tut about
feel hostility to
tut over
feel hostile towards
feel hostile to
feel repelled by
bear a grudge against
feel malice to
feel revulsion towards
be revolted by
greatly dislike
not feel like
avoid
distaste
discommend
fear
dread
be terrified of
be frightened of
be scared of
be afraid of
be revolted
be grossed out by
be repulsed
denounce
discourage
resist
vilify
not believe in
take dim view of
have a problem with
be displeased with
have a poor opinion of
pass on
be dissatisfied with
be hostile towards
not stand for
anathematize
decry
excoriate
misprize
sneer at
down on
feel animosity to
be hostile to
feel hostility toward
feel aversion toward
feel hostility towards
feel repugnance toward
feel disgust towards
hold in disdain
not go for
treat with contempt
slam
have a horror of
look down upon
view with dislike
pooh-pooh
hold no brief for
look down at
view with disfavour
have a low opinion of
not think much of
look down one's nose at
turn your nose up at
curse
imprecate
vilipend
accurse
objurgate
feel contempt for
feel contempt
not be able to stomach
reluct
disagree with
deride
disrespect
dis
diss
snoot
snub
high-hat
sniff at
slight
disregard
belittle
undervalue
scout
mock
pour scorn on
show contempt for
jeer at
hold in contempt
scoff at
be contemptuous about
turn up one's nose at
sneeze at
walk over
thumb nose at
dismiss
gibe
curl your lip at
run down
spit on
be scornful about
spit in the face of
turn down
heap scorn on
turn back on
laugh at
spit in the eye of
disparage
put down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Regard with contempt
sniff at
despise
disdain
scorn
hold in disdain
reject
sneer at
be contemptuous of
be snobbish to
heap scorn on
hold in contempt
look down on
regard with contempt
scoff at
show contempt for
treat as inferior
treat with contempt
turn down
pour scorn on
turn your nose up at
slight
snub
snoot
high-hat
look down upon
disrespect
contemn
dis
diss
spurn
deride
disregard
belittle
hate
mock
misprize
scout
turn up one's nose at
dismiss
abhor
undervalue
rebuff
repudiate
revile
stiff-arm
walk over
pooh-pooh
make light of
jeer at
look down one's nose at
stiff
sneeze at
turn back on
put down
be contemptuous about
cold-shoulder
shun
feel contempt for
thumb nose at
curl your lip at
run down
spit on
be scornful about
laugh at
gibe
spit in the face of
spit in the eye of
cut
brush aside
play down
ignore
discount
repulse
turn deaf ear to
brush off
give the cold shoulder to
freeze out
give someone the brush-off
show disrespect for
show disrespect
not give time of day
give someone the go-by
give the brush
cut dead
blink at
treat disrespectfully
take no notice of
give the cold shoulder
knock back
shrug off
ridicule
wipe
wave aside
make little of
undermine
slam dunk
hold up to scorn
express contempt
abominate
disparage
be allergic to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To erase from one's memory
blank out
forget
suppress
deny
erase
shut out
stop thinking about
put behind you
cease to remember
blank over
cease to think of
dismiss from mind
not worry about
consign to oblivion
erase from memory
erase from your mind
let bygones be bygones
put out of your mind
banish from one's thoughts
block out
put in the past
not give another thought to
blot out
wipe out
disregard
ignore
repress
repress one's memory of
drop
bypass
abandon
discount
skip
bury
put away
have done with
get over
never mind
slur over
think no more of
take no notice of
lay aside
pay no heed to
turn your back on
brush off
set aside
draw a veil over
shrug off
put aside
put down to experience
recover from
get out of your system
neglect
break with
overlook
sink
put to one side
close your eyes to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
withhold
retain
reserve
hold
keep
maintain
preserve
detain
grasp
hang on to
hold on to
cling to
continue to have
keep hold of
cleave to
keep possession of
hold fast to
hold back
keep back
sit on
refuse to give
hold out on
keep to oneself
possess
own
have
bear
carry
be in possession of
be the owner of
wear
not sell
retain ownership of
retain possession of
retain use of
keep for oneself
not give away
save
uphold
conserve
perpetuate
contain
command
husband
cherish
enjoy
grip
nurture
continue with
hold fast
keep up
clutch on to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse)
jib
baulk
UK
balk
US
recoil
retreat
shy
stop at
baulk at
retreat from
shy at
stop short at
pull up
stop short
eschew
desist
scorn
resist
disdain
shrink from
demur from
shy away
scruple to
be reluctant to
shy from
jib at
draw the line at
quail at
hate to
refuse to
take exception to
not like to
be unwilling to
rein in
draw back from
turn down
Verb
▲
To move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
shrink
flinch
recoil
blench
cringe
cower
quail
start
wince
squinch
retreat
shudder
crouch
grovel
withdraw
retire
slink
draw back
pull back
shy away
back away
hang back
jump back
jerk back
spring back
start back
shrink away
back off
fall back
shrink back
shy
blanch
dodge
falter
duck
shirk
waver
quake
get cold feet
demur
swerve
balk
US
baulk
UK
tremble
jump
reel
flinch from
show fear
take fright
baulk at
hesitate
quiver
shake
jerk
shiver
recoil from
hide
jolt
quaver
buck
faint
droop
shake with fear
twitch
have cold feet
squirm
grimace
ricochet
jib
gasp
scowl
turn
pull a face
make a face
react
evade
avoid
eschew
rebel
shrink from
feel repugnance
show repugnance
shun
escape
elude
pull back from
shy away from
turn away
quail at
fight shy of
boggle at
jib at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be hesitant or show reluctance
demur
hesitate
pause
vacillate
balk
US
baulk
UK
doubt
pussyfoot
waver
be reluctant
jib
shy
be unwilling
express misgivings
express reluctance
express reservations
hang back
think twice
hem and haw
be cagey
wait and see
drag your heels
dither
falter
shilly-shally
fluctuate
haver
scruple
shillyshally
be unsure
be hesitant
be uncertain
be doubtful
teeter
stagger
wobble
halt
wabble
oscillate
swither
linger
dawdle
hover
tergiversate
hold back
be indecisive
dilly-dally
hum and haw
be undecided
be irresolute
sit on the fence
blow hot and cold
hold off
shy away
straggle
lag
procrastinate
see-saw
change mind
pussyfoot around
get cold feet
yo-yo
stay back
shrink back
drag your feet
stay in the background
hang fire
be reluctant to come forward
sway
be tentative
have doubts
be ambivalent
harbour reservations about
be divided
lack conviction
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
be sceptical
feel uncertain
have suspicions about
think something unlikely
fluctuate on
wonder about
express suspicions about
be in two minds
have doubts about
chop and change
have reservations about
feel uneasy about
be dubious
keep changing your mind
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
stall
delay
equivocate
temporize
US
dally
wait
hedge
alternate
dillydally
seesaw
stumble
defer
deliberate
stop
boggle
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
temporise
UK
think about
pull back
sit on fence
balance
tarry
prevaricate
waffle
take one's time
filibuster
stonewall
flip-flop
drag
poke
use delaying tactics
put off
waste time
take your time
beat about the bush
play for time
diddle
crawl
creep
trifle
faff about
run hot and cold
loiter
lollygag
mope
lallygag
second-guessing yourself
hang around
hang about
be unable to make up your mind
beat around the bush
dodge the issue
play a waiting game
be non-committal
evade the issue
quibble
change
parry questions
fudge the issue
flannel
vary
gain time
duck the question
postpone
dodge
idle
faff around
while away time
hesitate over
mince words
buy time
stay put
mark time
kill time
be unable to decide
lag behind
goof off
kick the can down the road
put off doing something
mess about
let the grass grow under one's feet
be dilatory
go from one extreme to the other
wobble about
have misgivings
doubt yourself
be on the fence
will and will not
potter
swing
mess around
um and ah
loll
slouch
be on the horns of a dilemma
move slowly
putter
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
goldbrick
cool
be long
sit around
fool around
be tardy
stay
plod
totter
palter
fudge
postpone action
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
suspend action
evade
wait around
sidestep
weasel
duck
hang on
be slow
fall behind
horse around
potter round
potter around
potter about
not keep pace
avoid
tergiverse
shuck
cop out
be noncommittal
pass the buck
cop a plea
sidestep the issue
be vague
hedge your bets
shuffle around
be evasive
give the run around
whiffle waffle
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
fudge and mudge
back and fill
beg the question
bide
distract
divert
warm a chair
goof around
hang round
lose time
get no place fast
avoid the issue
hold over
more ❯
Noun
▲
Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless
debris
garbage
litter
rubbish
waste
junk
scrap
trash
dreck
detritus
dregs
landfill
leavings
rubble
sewage
slag
slop
spoilage
sullage
sweepings
chaff
deadwood
dross
dust
muck
riffraff
debitage
draff
drek
dump
effluvia
effluvium
gash
lees
leftovers
mullock
offal
offscouring
raff
raffle
rejectamenta
residue
scraps
scum
sediment
spilth
swill
truck
dunghill
hogwash
remains
waste matter
discarded matter
grot
orts
lumber
odds and ends
cultch
offscourings
flotsam and jetsam
flotsam
fragments
wreckage
scourings
excess
ruins
ashes
slops
tripe
slush
crapola
deposit
filth
sleaze
remnants
rummage
pieces
cheese
residuum
wreck
waste material
grounds
settlings
oddments
accumulation
sludge
precipitate
jetsam
crust
scoria
bits
shavings
impurity
sublimate
grouts
silt
clutter
shreds
scrapings
crumbs
recrement
driftwood
castoffs
effluent
shell
carrion
leaving
poop
poo
faeces
UK
off cuts
droppings
grains
scree
collateral
scattering
rash
gubbins
scobs
sinter
brash
remainder
cinders
cargo
sea-drift
unwanted items
surplus
compost
rejects
cast-offs
spoil
odds and sods
domestic refuse
bits and pieces
balance
legacy
solid waste
feces
US
deposition
alluvium
dirt
deposits
remnant
rest
overage
jettison
miscellanea
stub
end
oddment
precipitation
gunk
matter
solids
ground
powder
settling
offcuts
relic
pickings
leftover
extra
fag end
unused supplies
uneaten food
tail ends
bits and bobs
residual
parings
heel
filtrate
remaining part
part leftover
more ❯
“Our movement was made difficult by a large amount of
refuse
strewn about the floor.”
Noun
▲
Foul matter, especially dirt, which soils or defiles
filth
dirt
muck
grime
sludge
pollution
sewage
contamination
garbage
slime
crud
defilement
mire
mud
putrefaction
rubbish
ooze
ordure
putrescence
trash
carrion
decay
dross
grot
scum
gunk
smut
soil
grunge
gunge
yuck
debris
dregs
feculence
offensiveness
putridity
rottenness
sediment
silt
sleaze
slop
slush
waste
foul matter
goo
mess
guck
gloop
slob
kak
glop
mulch
clag
goop
soot
dust
stain
clart
grease
smudge
alluvium
deposit
slurry
mush
tarnish
mucus
residue
clay
grounds
lees
settlings
precipitate
paste
fungus
grouts
ash
impurity
stains
slab
gumbo
oil
punk
dreck
scuz
sticky substance
sticky stuff
bog
fluid
liquid emitted
vileness
pulp
slosh
drenching
sluice
more ❯
Noun
▲
A quantity left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with
remainder
rest
residue
excess
surplus
remains
balance
superfluity
leftovers
remnants
remnant
overflow
residuum
leavings
overplus
detritus
dregs
extra
wreckage
ruins
vestiges
wreck
difference
waste
overspill
others
junk
vestige
trace
garbage
fragment
salvage
lave
remaining number
remaining quantity
number left over
what's left
quantity left over
odds and ends
those left
additional material
additional things
additional people
extra material
extra people
extra things
part that is left over
quantity that is left over
number that is left over
bottom of barrel
the rest of
everything else
all else
stub
butt
oddment
relics
remainders
fragments
scraps
hangovers
shadows
marks
echoes
oddments
legacies
ghosts
debris
tokens
residuums
mementos
footprints
evidence
signs
traces
ashes
reminders
souvenirs
stubs
surpluses
flotsam
rubble
indications
impressions
imprints
memorandums
remembrancers
trophies
memory
remembrances
particles
fag ends
bits
butts
clues
stumps
lees
ends
residuals
offcuts
pieces
crumbs
overflows
superfluities
extras
trails
throwbacks
overpluses
spoor
survival
effect
bits and pieces
bits and bobs
scents
tracks
remaining part
orts
part left over
keepsakes
monuments
memorabilia
commemoratives
suggestion
artifacts
US
records
artefacts
UK
memorials
tag ends
tail ends
remainings
rumps
dross
rump
leftover
residual
destruction
miscellany
remaining
cutting
castoffs
discards
tatters
shards
resemblances
trinkets
memos
survivors
knickknacks
loose ends
junks
wrecks
footmarks
footsteps
steps
grooves
print
wakes
tracts
outcomes
upshots
heritage
product
by-products
consequences
spin-offs
results
aftermaths
repercussions
fruit
impact
reverberation
testimonials
influence
hints
overtones
recollection
reminiscences
allusion
evocations
intimations
residues
legacy
antiques
antiquity
archaism
fossils
anachronisms
dinosaurs
table scraps
more ❯
Noun
▲
The common or lower-class of people collectively or as a mass
scum
rabble
proletariat
riffraff
trash
unwashed
canaille
rabblement
rout
mob
undesirables
rubbish
mass
dross
garbage
dregs
cruds
curs
louses
lowest
toads
trogs
riff-raff
tagrag and bobtail
ragtag and bobtail
dregs of society
lowest of the low
despicable people
scum of the earth
human trash
vermin
good-for-nothings
Z-list
hoi polloi
peasants
in the underclass
as common as muck
underclass
untouchables
outcasts
tramps
ragtag
deadbeats
vagrants
dossers
losers
down-and-outs
great unwashed
commoners
masses
rank and file
plebs
plebeians
commonalty
public
commonality
proles
common people
lower class
third estate
populace
lower classes
crowd
multitude
common herd
bourgeoisie
workers
millions
commons
tag, rag, and bobtail
peasantry
people
working class
lower orders
outcast
herd
subjects
employees
followers
Everyman
bourgeois
vulgar herd
common ruck
lowest social class
general public
body politic
personnel
tag, rag and bobtail
cattle
middle class
plebians
the common people
the masses
ordinary people
working stiff
proletarian
the rabble
working-class people
blue-collar workers
grassroots
the great unwashed
blue-collars
wage-earners
the herd
labouring classes
poor
lowlife
less fortunate
lower ranks
low-life
more ❯
Noun
▲
Refuse
purging
purge
sin
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being superfluous
superfluousness
extravagance
exorbitance
lavishness
superfluity
profusion
surplus
overabundance
superabundance
surfeit
wastefulness
nimiety
plethora
waste
fat
overflow
overkill
overmuch
oversupply
balance
embarrassment
enough
excessiveness
extravagancy
extravagantness
exuberance
fulsomeness
glut
inundation
leavings
leftover
luxuriance
overdose
overload
overrun
overweight
plenty
recrement
redundance
redundancy
remainder
residue
rest
spare
supererogation
by-product
the limit
too much
too much of a good thing
overplus
excess
inordinateness
immoderateness
extremeness
plus
bellyful
surplusage
overage
expendability
repetition
copiosity
dead wood
abundance
mass
heap
lot
stack
wealth
pile
quantity
plenitude
slew
mountain
ton
US
bundle
oodles
loads
store
scads
gobs
bunch
volume
reams
spate
raft
mess
chunk
wad
myriad
multiplicity
plentitude
lashings
much
fistful
boatload
barrel
bushel
basketful
truckload
pot
bucket
yard
deal
potful
passel
shipload
carload
lashins
sight
pack
plateful
sheaf
dozen
hundred
peck
multitude
lots
copiousness
host
masses
shedload
tons
US
flood
cornucopia
stacks
quantities
heaps
bounty
swag
scores
piles
sea
millions
mountains
opulence
ampleness
prodigality
riot
bags
prosperity
outpouring
prosperousness
tonnes
UK
great quantity
good deal
profuseness
tonne
UK
large amount
load
great deal
ocean
mound
bulk
quite a bit
all kinds of
collection
jillion
a lot
million
trillion
deluge
richness
batch
number
avalanche
thousand
stockpile
stock
oceans
many
affluence
amassment
cluster
fullness
amplitude
hoard
clump
sum
bank
plenteousness
hill
assemblage
large quantity
large number
concentration
whole
feast
aggregation
thousands
billions
hundreds
gazillions
lump
agglomeration
scad
bountifulness
plentifulness
array
accumulation
mine
amount
jumble
variety
ream
plurality
more than enough
legion
infinity
backlog
zillions
deposit
bazillions
haul
great amount
assortment
gob
luxury
horde
throng
crowd
too many
largeness
swarm
score
total
vastness
fruitfulness
army
cargo
gathering
numerous
sufficiency
fund
group
congeries
torrent
saturation
generosity
bounteousness
lushness
oversufficiency
a great deal
great number
mob
drove
proliferation
completeness
more … than one can shake a stick at
conglomeration
overstock
sizableness
greatness
extra
shock
ample
harvest
push
majority
congregation
droves
treasure chest
capacity
assembly
loadsa
pots
miles
wads
a considerable number
full house
wodge
armful
remains
repletion
a deal
a large amount
a good deal
a pile
a fair amount
a great quantity
a wealth
a profusion
an abundance
a great many
a large number
a mountain
a swag
a shedload
huge amount
vast amount
enough and to spare
floods
expanse
flock
treasury
busload
truckful
degree
motherload
logjam
corpus
entirety
combination
totality
riches
fortune
share
measure
portion
sum total
several
shedloads
dozens
gallons
jam
numbers
infinitude
turnout
hunk
drift
aggregate
good number
quite a number
considerable amounts
good few
reserve
cache
stash
extent
rabble
huddle
caboodle
manifoldness
over
surplusage. superabundance
prolificacy
prolificity
supply
distribution
mint
contingent
abundancy
bag
rick
box
infinite number
unlimited number
well
crate
carton
pallet
very great number
pool
reservoir
whole lot
embarrassment of riches
overflowing
superfluous
immensity
cumulation
fount
set
thickness
riotousness
exaggeration
vigour
UK
vigor
US
denseness
jungle
rankness
a load
a huge number
overindulgence
world
enormous amount
diversity
range
repertoire
inventory
repertory
provision
munificence
liberality
satiety
effusiveness
rampancy
prolificness
extensiveness
adequateness
comprehensiveness
galaxy
treasure
fountain
lode
overconsumption
congestion
breadth
plenum
most
satiation
inexhaustibility
teemingness
overfullness
satisfaction
up to here
numerousness
wide variety
preponderance
nest egg
pluralism
lead
advantage
magnitude
heft
splash
appreciable amount
generous amount
copious amount
substantial amount
sizeable amount
ample amount
decent amount
power
overwhelming number
flourish
greater part
show
extravaganza
vast number
display
nearly all
exhibition
lavish display
leftovers
remnant
something extra
extra material
more ❯
Noun
▲
Foolish talk or writing
hogwash
gibberish
nonsense
baloney
drivel
garbage
malarkey
poppycock
balderdash
blather
claptrap
codswallop
crock
dribble
phooey
piffle
twaddle
wack
blathers
boloney
bulldust
bunk
bunkum
fiddlesticks
folly
hokum
hooey
humbug
rubbish
tosh
trash
tripe
waffle
applesauce
blither
bull
crapola
eyewash
flapdoodle
guff
horsefeathers
moonshine
rot
absurdity
balls
blah
blah-blah
foolishness
fudge
gammon
hokeypokey
jazz
malarky
muck
nuts
senselessness
silliness
slush
stupidity
tommyrot
bilge
blarney
blatherskite
blether
bosh
buncombe
bushwa
cobblers
cod
drool
flannel
havers
hoodoo
ridiculousness
taradiddle
tarradiddle
toffee
trumpery
beans
BS
falderal
fiddle
folderol
nerts
punk
gobbledegook
hot air
fiddle-faddle
double Dutch
stuff and nonsense
babble
bizzo
prattle
bull's wool
mumbo jumbo
pap
jabber
jive
bombast
cack
gobbledygook
pants
gabble
verbiage
palaver
inanity
rigmarole
jargon
codology
empty talk
jabberwocky
talk
blabber
double-talk
chatter
giddiness
gas
prating
ranting
irrationality
imprudence
flightiness
fatuity
idiocy
fustian
kak
slobber
flimflam
burble
gibber
jabbering
abracadabra
tattle
foolish talk
trifle
double talk
froth
rhetoric
pretence
UK
pretense
US
bananas
Greek
cant
rambling
jest
joke
thoughtlessness
stuff
ludicrousness
tomfoolery
madness
dross
doublespeak
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US
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UK
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rumors
US
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pleasantries
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UK
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ostentation
cockalorum
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refuse admission to
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