Meet and Refusing

Opposite meaning words

Meet verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.

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Refusing is an antonym for meet.

Nearby Word: meeting

Definitions of Meet not found.

Meet is an antonym for refusing in deny topic.

Nearby Words: refuse, refused, refusal, refuser

He hesitates for about a minute (no exaggeration intended), refusing to meet her eyes, before he responds "no".

Source: Hesitation Equals Dishonesty
When he recovered he turned himself in and he's refusing food in a drawn-out suicide attempt when you meet him.

Source: I Call It "Vera"
In Shaw's Caller of Light, Marissa gushes about how happy she is to meet her fiancée...while refusing to shake his grubby hand.

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Literature

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