Like
Like verb - To show partiality toward.
Usage example: I like romantic comedies more than action movies
Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
How words are described
| human | human like | human refuse |
| alien | alien like | alien refuse |
| real | real like | real refuse |
| little | little like | little refuse |
| Other adjectives: bad, few, official, younger. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When it looks like the Driver might refuse the mission after a helicopter gunship attacks them, the courier chains the case to the Driver's wrist instead.
Source: Handcuffed Briefcase - As for those who deliberately refuse to take Joy (like the player character, Arthur Hastings), they're Downers, and the good citizens of Wellington Wells don't like Downers...
Source: Government Drug Enforcement - Turns out he had good reason to refuse since the symbiote completely took over his body like a Goa'uld instead of sharing with the host as the Tok'ra usually do.
Source: Curse That Cures
Cite this Source
Refuse and Like. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/refuse
Like & Refuse. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/refuse>.
Refuse or Like. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/like/refuse.
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