Refuse
Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Turn
Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.
How words are described
| right | right refuse | right turn |
| real | real refuse | real turn |
| bad | bad refuse | bad turn |
| final | final refuse | final turn |
| Other adjectives: official. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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In Darkest Dungeon, your Stress bar is like a secondary health meter: when it reaches a certain threshold, it has a chance to cause your character to break down, which can cause them to do erratic and harmful things like skipping a turn or refuse healing and make their party members stress out more.
Source: Sanity Meter -
She is scared, doesn't mind saying so, constantly tries to get Sierra and team to turn back, but still carries half a broomstick into battle when they refuse to turn back.
Source: Literature / Bone Street Rumba -
Gaia Online's Valentines 2009 event allowed the users to send Valentines to a number of NPCs, who would respond or refuse according to programmed turn-ons or turn-offs.
Source: Everyone Is Bi
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