Refuse and Turn

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.

Turn and refuse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Turn" instead a verb "Refuse".

Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser

Turn

Turn verb - To move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis.

Refuse and turn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Refuse" instead a verb "Turn".

Nearby Words: turned, turning

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

person refuse person turn person
life refuse life turn life
people refuse people turn people
order refuse order turn order
Other words: hand, time, earth, head, anyone, weapons.

Both words in one sentence

  • Sanity Meter 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
  • Literature / Bone Street Rumba 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.
  • Everyone Is Bi 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.
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