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Adjective
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Denotes a state of denial, disagreement, or refusal
negative
rejecting
contradictory
dissenting
dissentient
contrary
opposing
opposed
denying
anti-
gainsaying
dissentious
in the negative
dissident
nonconformist
heterodox
differing
heretical
contradicting
disagreeing
discordant
unorthodox
heretic
complaining
rebellious
rebelling
maverick
out-there
unconventional
iconoclastic
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Adjective
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Uncooperative or belligerent in nature
noncompliant
rebellious
defiant
disobedient
recalcitrant
refractory
contumacious
uncooperative
restive
dissenting
nonconforming
belligerent
irregular
negative
declinatory
declining
divergent
impatient
objecting
truculent
wayward
intractable
unruly
insubordinate
obstreperous
ungovernable
contrary
wilful
unmanageable
froward
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Verb
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Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
declining
rejecting
spurning
repudiating
scorning
rebuffing
disapproving
disdaining
dismissing
negating
negativing
nixing
reprobating
snubbing
passing
repelling
repulsing
shunning
withdrawing
demurring
deselecting
desisting
ignoring
protesting
turning down
passing up
throwing out
knocking back
saying no
balking at
baulking at
brushing off
dispensing with
saying no to
turning away
demurring at
holding back
holding off
holding out
protesting at
setting aside
throwing over
turning from
giving thumbs down to
turning back on
turning deaf ear to
jibbing at
sending off
drawing the line at
not buying
refusing to receive
not caring for
shaking one's head
“Not only did they refuse his appeal, but Paine was again dismissed as a tax collector.”
Verb
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Present participle for to refuse or be unwilling to allow or grant
denying
withholding
declining
disallowing
disapproving
discountenancing
negativing
nixing
rejecting
reprobating
giving the thumbs down to
“The terms would refuse her access to her trust funds until she reached eighteen.”
Noun
▲
A refusal to acknowledge or admit (something)
disacknowledgement
denial
contradiction
disclaimer
negation
repudiation
denunciation
dismissing
dissent
refutal
retraction
abjuration
defiance
disapproval
disavowal
disclaiming
forswearing
nonacceptance
rebuttal
refutation
rejecting
renegement
renouncement
renunciation
repudiating
abnegation
counterstatement
declination
denegation
disallowance
disconfirmation
dismissal
disowning
disproof
rebuff
refusal
rejection
spurning
turndown
veto
abstention
adjuration
confutation
disaffirmation
negative
retractation
controversion
gainsaying
refraining
relinquishment
brush-off
giving up
knock-back
thumbs down
turning down
casting aside
casting off
refusal to acknowledge
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