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Synonyms and Antonyms of refusing
- the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews
- she refused the award, citing the hard work of others who deserved the recognition more than she did
blowing off, disdaining, rebuffing, scorning, scouting, shooting down
forbidding, prohibiting, proscribing
abstaining (from), forbearing, refraining (from)
denying, disavowing, disclaiming, disputing, gainsaying
abjuring, forswearing (also foreswearing), recanting, renouncing, retracting, taking back, unsaying, withdrawing
avoiding, bypassing, detouring
contradicting, denying, disowning, negating
controverting, disagreeing (with), disproving, disputing, rebutting, refuting
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