Refuse and Share

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

Share is an antonym for refuse.

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Share

Share verb - To take a share or part.

Refuse is an antonym for share in use in common with others topic.

Nearby Words: shared, sharing, sharer, shareholder, shareable

How words are described

main main refuse main share
few few refuse few share
greatest greatest refuse greatest share

Common collocations

time refuse time share time
food refuse food share food
mother refuse mother share mother
drink refuse drink share drink
Other words: father.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Nanny McPhee In the sequel, the farm kids refuse to share their beds with the city kids, claiming they'd rather share their beds with the farm's goat and cow.
  • The Tollans and Asgard refuse to share technology with Earth, for the same reason, although the Asgard do share shield and beam technology later, but no weapons (until very, very much later).
  • If a scene has him sitting down, it is almost guaranteed that he will be sitting in front of a spread of Styrofoam takeout containers (which he will invariably refuse to share with Booth).
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