REFUSE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster decline, refuse, reject, repudiate, spurn mean to turn away by not accepting, receiving, or considering decline often implies courteous refusal especially of offers or invitations refuse suggests more positiveness or ungraciousness and often implies the denial of something asked for
Refused - definition of refused by The Free Dictionary Refuse implies determination and often brusqueness: "The commander refused to discuss questions of right" (George Bancroft) "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" (Mario Puzo)
refused - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to deny (a request, demand, etc ): [~ + object] She refused my request [~ + object + object] Her father refused his daughter permission to see that boy again to turn down (doing something):[~ + to + verb] to refuse to discuss an issue