Synonyms of turned down

turned down

verb

past tense of turn down

as in refused

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to

I'm afraid that I will have to turn down your invitation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refused
• rejected
• declined
• passed up
• ignored
• passed
• threw over
• balked (at)
• threw out
• denied
• avoided
• disputed
• dismissed
• turned one's back on
• spurned
• vetoed
• withdrew
• disapproved
• shot down
• deselected
• repudiated
• forbade
• reprobated
• blew off
• nixed
• negatived
• abstained (from)
• refrained (from)
• backed down
• prohibited
• overruled
• backed off
• disdained
• rebuffed
• disagreed (with)
• scouted
• took back
• proscribed
• scorned
• retracted
• recalled
• forbore
• renounced
• stuck
• revoked
• contradicted
• disclaimed
• disavowed
• recanted
• gainsaid
• refuted
• disproved
• forswore
• controverted
• bypassed
• unsaid
• abjured
• detoured
• disowned
• rebutted
• negated
• disallowed
• backtracked
• reneged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• agreed (to)
• approved
• accepted
• received
• adopted
• swallowed
• took
• tolerated
• agreed
• embraced
• welcomed
• selected
• consented
• chose
• condoned
• acquiesced
• countenanced
• supported
• assented
• acceded
• espoused
• handpicked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turned down

Unlike calling it from another phone, the find feature rings loud and clear, even if the ringer is turned down or the phone is in silent mode. — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 16 July 2026

Also a strong student at the school, Harmon turned down pro football offers to pursue acting. — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 15 July 2026

The volume of this beautiful, chaotic music is slowly being turned down. — Dana Suskind, Time, 14 July 2026

Someone else out there agrees; we’re told McLaren has turned down an offer of 2 million pound sterling for the car. — Jason Barlow, Robb Report, 13 July 2026

Adrian complains that McElwee, instead of making documentaries, should have followed the lucrative path of a Hollywood director, and even reproaches him for having turned down an offer to make a TV commercial. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Twenty years ago, European broadcasters desperate to scale — to get big or die — got turned down by regulators not yet convinced this new-fangled internet was all that. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026

Data centers and large gas stations are some of the projects the city turned down as leaders sought out life sciences and advanced manufacturing buyers. — John Marks, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2026

The offer for a royal residence for the family was initially turned down on Saturday, before a subsequent request for the duke by himself was received, according to the royal source. — Max Foster, CNN Money, 6 July 2026