Appropriate and Refuse

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Appropriate

Appropriate verb - To take or make use of under a guise of authority but without actual right.
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Antonyms for Appropriate
Refuse is an antonym for appropriate in topics: allocate, steal.
Nearby Words: appropriation, appropriately, appropriateness, appropriated

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
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Appropriate is an antonym for refuse.
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser
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Common collocations

life appropriate life refuse life
nothing appropriate nothing refuse nothing

Both words in one sentence

  • In Star Ocean: The Second Story, if you refuse to help Ashton out after putting him into his unfortunate predicament, then return to him immediately after the party expresses some guilt over ditching him, he'll chew them out and force himself into the party with an appropriate notice.
    Source: Joined Your Party
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Refuse and Appropriate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/refuse
Appropriate & Refuse. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/refuse>.
Refuse or Appropriate. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/appropriate/refuse.

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