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What is another word for
refuse
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Verb
To show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
To refuse or be unwilling to allow or grant
To refuse, or to vote against
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse)
To disagree with or dispute
To struggle tenaciously to resist something
To hate, detest, or revile
To consider to be unworthy of one's consideration
To erase from one's memory
To refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
To move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
To be hesitant or show reluctance
Noun
Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless
A section of society considered disreputable or undesirable
A quantity left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with
A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed
The state or quality of being superfluous
Cleansing actions to remove impurities or wrongdoing
Foolish talk or writing
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Verb
▲
To show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
decline
reject
spurn
repudiate
scorn
rebuff
disapprove
disdain
dismiss
negate
negative
nix
reprobate
snub
pass
repel
repulse
shun
withdraw
demur
deselect
desist
ignore
protest
turn down
pass up
throw out
knock back
say no
balk at
baulk at
brush off
dispense with
say no to
turn away
demur at
hold back
hold off
hold out
protest at
set aside
throw over
turn from
give thumbs down to
turn back on
turn deaf ear to
jib at
send off
draw the line at
not buy
refuse to receive
not care for
not budge on
send one's regrets
shake one's head
don't want to
renounce
forgo
abandon
eschew
avoid
deny
abstain from
refrain from
give up
abjure
desist from
forbear
steer clear of
resist
drop
forsake
withhold
stop
withhold from
keep from
cease
quit
relinquish
veto
kick
cut out
pass on
discontinue
skip
swear off
disallow
pack in
do without
forbear from
abstain
disavow
shy from
disregard
forswear
shrink from
waive
curb
break off
brush aside
finish
check
lay off
leave off
go without
jack in
give something a miss
give the thumbs down to
leave alone
halt
refrain
suspend
abdicate
not accept
opt out
knock off
can
preclude
scoff at
stay away from
bypass
cold-shoulder
restrain from
rein in
give over
pack up
fend off
give someone the brush-off
have nothing to do with
give a wide berth to
sit out
give the cold shoulder
withgo
call a halt to
call it a day
miss
neglect
arrest
opt out of
cut
abnegate
belay
shirk
forego
evade
throw away
snout
back off from
pull out of
put a stop to
axe
UK
check out from
deny oneself
miss out on
ax
US
put an end to
wean
kibosh
call it quits on
surcease from
stay clear of
cast aside
give the bum's rush
restrain oneself from
freeze out
leave out
prevent oneself from
give someone the go-by
give the brush
cut dead
put down
shy away from
look right through someone
tell someone where to get off
not give in to
shake off
stiff-arm
stop oneself from
disacknowledge
discount
overlook
shoot down
not heed
buck
retract
recant
repeal
reluct
pass by
unsay
not hear of
renege
check oneself
not take advantage of
foreswear
slight
surrender
contemn
jilt
cede
keep
rule out
rule against
disown
concede
sneer at
sneeze at
treat with contempt
turn your nose up at
look down on
hold in contempt
refuse to take advantage of
say ‘no’ to
yield
desert
look down one's nose at
sacrifice
detain
wash your hands of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
turn your back on
weasel out of
unaccustom
inhibit
suppress
keep back
cut off
have done with
withdraw from
give the go by
take the cure
detach
sign away
end
let pass
hand over
put aside
turn over
hold off on
stifle
let go by
break
conclude
fail to take advantage of
put on hold
put on ice
ostracize
US
hinder
stay away
interfere with
head off
sidestep
escape
dodge
stave off
make up for
circumvent
get around
get out of
avert
steer clear
nullify
obviate
ward off
prevent
neutralize
US
block
impede
counterbalance
break the habit of
withstand
skip out on
help
prohibit
shake
neutralise
UK
skirt
counteract
anticipate
bilk
ditch
kick the habit
quit cold
lay off of
let up
keep off
cease to indulge in
kick over
call it quits
ostracise
UK
keep one's distance from
body-swerve
stay shy of
fight shy of
keep away from
not touch
have no part in
give a wide berth
stand aloof from
keep clear of
send to Coventry
have no part of
recoil from
give the runaround
turn away from
palm off
jib
be reluctant to
refuse to
take exception to
scruple to
stop short
quail at
hate to
shy away
not like to
be unwilling to
demur from
baulk
UK
draw back from
balk
US
more ❯
“Not only did they
refuse
his appeal, but Paine was again dismissed as a tax collector.”
Verb
▲
To refuse or be unwilling to allow or grant
deny
withhold
decline
disallow
disapprove
discountenance
negative
nix
reject
reprobate
not grant
give the thumbs down to
renounce
abjure
disown
forswear
repudiate
disavow
wash your hands of
abandon
relinquish
rebuff
eschew
abnegate
discard
disacknowledge
recant
give up
cast off
turn your back on
refuse to acknowledge
scorn
impugn
abdicate
retract
refuse to recognize
renege
refuse to abide by
revoke
disclaim
contravene
turn back on
divorce oneself from
refuse to accept
spurn
pass
forsake
deselect
desert
dump
shed
surrender
oust
disprofess
disinherit
rescind
banish
turn down
pass up
throw out
balk at
cast aside
throw over
break with
cut off
defect from
not accept
have nothing more to do with
have no more truck with
lay aside
be against
fly in the face of
don't want
not want
more ❯
“The terms would
refuse
her access to her trust funds until she reached eighteen.”
Verb
▲
To refuse, or to vote against
veto
prohibit
ban
bar
disallow
forbid
reject
interdict
proscribe
embargo
block
blackball
outlaw
nix
stop
negative
decline
dismiss
preclude
kill
boycott
disapprove
deny
pass
negate
quash
overrule
squash
discountenance
down
defeat
censure
nullify
cut
dissent
turn down
rule out
throw out
place an embargo on
shoot down
put an end to
give the thumbs down to
pass on
rule against
give the red light to
pass by
put a stop to
put down
declare null and void
refuse permission to
thumbs down
give thumbs down
put the kibosh on
not go for
exclude
prevent
debar
revoke
rebuff
repudiate
reprobate
withhold
shut out
overturn
say no to
blacklist
suspend
set aside
ostracize
US
spurn
cancel
ostracise
UK
invalidate
knock back
countermand
reverse
omit
pass up
banish
eliminate
taboo
except
disclude
black
obviate
disbar
sideline
occlude
recant
discount
estop
override
put an embargo on
cut out
close out
oppose
count out
deselect
freeze out
give something a miss
not grant
balk at
give thumbs down to
throw over
vote down
say ‘no’ to
censor
disclaim
abjure
disown
disavow
disacknowledge
rusticate
expel
enjoin
keep out
inhibit
lock out
deny access to
restrict
annul
decide against
refuse to admit
leave out
repeal
rescind
shut the door on
check
thwart
shut out of
circumvent
limit
exile
shut off
abrogate
retract
repulse
void
forgo
vacate
begrudge
withdraw
restrain
recall
cut off
avoid
overthrow
shun
bate
remove
ignore
snub
alter
outvote
give the brush-off to
stand in the way
enjoin from
turn thumbs down
take back
strike
withhold patronage
strike down
make null and void
turn your back on
brush off
have nothing to do with
stay away from
steer clear of
impose sanctions
wash your hands of
hold aloof from
give a wide berth to
abstain from
ice out
cold-shoulder
refuse to take part in
refrain from
ward off
pass over
abolish
disannul
undo
dissolve
abate
null
render invalid
vitiate
scrap
scrub
abort
roll back
wipe out
neutralize
US
neutralise
UK
drop
abandon
do away with
render null and void
renege
annihilate
lift
dismantle
discharge
call off
call back
cry off
axe
UK
renounce
terminate
upset
offset
counteract
dump
ax
US
redress
countercheck
cancel out
make void
make ineffective
erase
discontinue
obliterate
call
change
ditch
overset
prostrate
waive
disaffirm
backpedal
forswear
upend
counterpoise
disqualify
knock down
bring down
backtrack on
frustrate
knock something on the head
back out of
X-out
scratch
revert
retreat
shelve
disestablish
watergate
unmake
give up
zap
flout
defy
KO
do a U-turn on
back-pedal on
withcall
black out
unsay
prevail over
put the lid on
forget
trample underfoot
ride roughshod over
shut down
bring to an end
backwater
trample upon
call in
take out
unfit
impair
circumduct
wash out
remit
weasel out
break
wangle out
expunge
blow sky-high
counterorder
retire
refute
extinguish
redline
pull the plug
crawl out of
contravene
ding
impugn
traverse
stonewall
cross
turf
suppress
discard
belay
rub out
declare invalid
render inert
go back on your word
wipe slate clean
break with
fly in the face of
counterbalance
work against
interfere with
run counter to
balance
countervail
counterweigh
equalize
US
correct
overcome
defuse
counterweight
deactivate
conquer
subdue
equalise
UK
balance out
square up
be an antidote to
make up for
even up
render ineffective
compensate for
end
chop
subvert
torpedo
supersede
deracinate
renege on
get rid of
go back on
break off
give the chop
finish off
do in
knock out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prohibit or interdict the participation or inclusion of
shut out
exclude
bar
ban
debar
eliminate
except
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
obstruct
blockade
close
discontinue
screen
shroud
keep out
close out
rule out
freeze out
count out
lock out
keep off
keep at arm's length
shut off
close one's doors to
block out
prohibit
interdict
forbid
reject
preclude
veto
stop
blackball
suspend
black
expel
disqualify
disfellowship
disentitle
deny
stand in the way of
leave out in the cold
refuse entrance to
deprive
declare ineligible
give the cold shoulder to
refuse admission to
say no to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To stop and refuse to go forward (usually of a horse)
jib
baulk
UK
balk
US
recoil
retreat
shy
stop at
stop short
baulk at
stop short at
pull up
retreat from
Verb
▲
To disagree with or dispute
dissent
differ
demur
disagree
dispute
diverge
challenge
disapprove
nonconcur
object
oppose
reject
repudiate
abjure
protest
rebel
renounce
stickle
argue
baulk
UK
balk
US
buck
contradict
decline
disaccord
discord
divide
pettifog
shy
vary
wrangle
argue with
disagree with
not ratify
object to
protest against
quibble over
express disagreement with
take issue with
be at odds with
be at variance with
decline to support
express disagreement
express objection
fail to agree with
refuse to support
break with
withhold assent
say nothing doing
say no way
put up an argument
put up a fight
say not a chance
fly in the face of
clash
conflict
quarrel
be at odds
squabble
bicker
quibble
cross swords
altercate
fight
lock horns
be at variance
fail to agree
row
contend
jar
scrap
spat
feud
take issue
fall out
be in dispute
debate
spar
brawl
war
controvert
take exception
battle
bump heads
be incompatible
have words
be at loggerheads
be at each other's throats
set to
argufy
hassle
tiff
discept
brabble
contest
contrast
be in opposition
argy-bargy
come into conflict
be dissimilar
be different
be unlike
have a row
bandy words
differ in opinion
be divided
be at sixes and sevens
not see eye to eye
go at it hammer and tongs
go at it
be of a different opinion
mix it up
fight like cat and dog
have a different opinion
take on
collide
bang heads
gainsay
palter
zap
haggle
skirmish
rip into each other
jump on
let someone have it
contradict each other
go for the jugular
lay into
sass
rehash
have an argument
hammer away
have at it
knock around
talk back
get in one's face
pick an argument
hash over
go one on one
face down
sock it to
put up a struggle
jump on each other
face off
verbally fight
have at each other
stick it to
defy
resist
flout
disobey
tangle
caterwaul
cavil
contravene
have it out
have a misunderstanding
have a tiff
find fault
chop logic
have a fight
get tough with
deviate
come out against
depart
dig your heels in
kick over the traces
go against
refuse to obey
refuse to accept the authority of
kick against
be in contention
not correspond
differ from
be of a different mind
not agree
be discordant
not accord
diverge from
run counter to
dissent from
shake one's head
have a disagreement
threap
have a spat
have a barney
beg to differ
be at daggers drawn
do battle
butt heads
lock antlers
pick a bone
have a scrap
have a dust-up
have an altercation
have a dispute
engage in conflict
struggle
fence
light into
dig
have shouting match
scrape
discuss
be at daggers with
fratch
jaw
scold
berate
ream
bandy
agitate
get into a dispute
come to blows
have a difference of opinion
get into conflict
canvass
canvas
moot
bawl out
trade zingers
cause a scene
nastily argue
tongue-lash
pick at
call on the carpet
talk over
hash out
question
be in conflict
be in disagreement
be fighting
thrash out
jump on one's case
toss around
bat around
kick around
bat back and forth
exchange views
be quarreling
exchange words
to fight
cut and thrust
take exception to
take up on
take issue to
have a quarrel
have a slanging match
have a squabble
more ❯
Verb
▲
To struggle tenaciously to resist something
battle
resist
defy
fight
challenge
dispute
oppose
counter
oppugn
attack
contest
agitate against
argue against
stand up to
struggle against
hinder
impede
obstruct
confront
restrain
block
check
protest
frustrate
stop
combat
prevent
thwart
inhibit
halt
stem
curb
reluct
withset
gainstay
withsit
counteract
stonewall
gainstand
withstay
countervail
lock horns with
take issue with
rebel against
dissent with
take up arms against
baulk at
fight against
take a stand against
dig in your heels
be in defiance of
speak out against
be hostile to
object to
contend with
refuse to accept
strive against
kick against
put up a fight against
go against
face down
be anti
take on
set your face against
be in opposition to
controvert
fly in the face of
repel
withstand
face
cross
buck
gainsay
react
counterattack
assail
assault
contend
ward off
fend off
argue with
quarrel with
be against
react against
speak against
stand up and be counted against
take a stand
revolt against
meet head-on
rise up against
take up arms
rival
question
campaign against
make a stand against
compete against
tangle with
compete with
spare no effort
put up an argument
oppose action
face off
negate
rally against
come to blows with
feud with
dissent from
repulse
rebuff
tackle
stave off
contravene
fight off
meet
hold at bay
beat
match
duel
battle against
struggle with
remain firm
keep at bay
turn down
stand firm
stand one's ground against
hold off
fight back
hold one's ground against
face up to
hold out against
put up a fight
contradict
deny
rebut
argue
encounter
disagree
disapprove
dislike
dissent
take
disagree with
disapprove of
take issue
call in question
frown at
not support
not countenance
run counter to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hate, detest, or revile
loathe
hate
detest
despise
abhor
dislike
abominate
execrate
scorn
disdain
spurn
reject
repudiate
decline
revolt
recoil from
shrink from
find intolerable
be repelled by
be allergic to
feel repugnance towards
dislike greatly
not be able to bear
have it in for
can't stand
be unable to stomach
find disgusting
be down on
can't bear
feel repugnance
have a strong aversion to
have aversion to
not be able to stand
have no use for
disrelish
deplore
regard with disgust
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
have an aversion to
mislike
disapprove
object to
resent
look down on
shudder at
condemn
be unable to bear
reprove
frown on
oppose
not take kindly to
not appreciate
deprecate
feel aversion to
shun
revile
discountenance
disesteem
contemn
eschew
regard with contempt
frown upon
disapprove of
feel aversion towards
have no liking for
hold in disfavour
take exception to
regard with distaste
be turned off to
be unable to stand
have no taste for
have no stomach for
be unable to abide
take a dim view of
feel disgust for
don't like
antipathize
mind
regret
find repellent
find distasteful
have a horror of
be averse to
tsk-tsk
be unable to tolerate
find unacceptable
not endure
have a down on
be against
lose interest in
have no taste
look askance at
bear malice toward
not care for
have hard feelings
grossed out on
tut about
tut-tut over
tut-tut about
tut over
think wrong
dislike intensely
make faces at
feel distaste for
regard with repugnance
feel revulsion to
feel hostility to
distaste
feel hostile towards
bear a grudge against
feel malice to
feel revulsion towards
be revolted by
dread
denounce
fear
discommend
feel hostile to
feel repelled by
vilify
be revolted
be grossed out by
be repulsed
vilipend
discourage
resist
excoriate
apprecihate
greatly dislike
slam
decry
not believe in
take dim view of
have a problem with
be displeased with
have a poor opinion of
pass on
be dissatisfied with
be hostile towards
anathematize
be afraid of
not stand for
misprize
sneer at
hold in disdain
not go for
treat with contempt
look down upon
view with dislike
pooh-pooh
hold no brief for
look down at
view with disfavour
have a low opinion of
not think much of
look down one's nose at
turn your nose up at
down on
feel animosity to
be hostile to
feel hostility toward
feel aversion toward
feel hostility towards
feel repugnance toward
feel disgust towards
curse
feel contempt for
feel contempt
not be able to stomach
reluct
disagree with
dis
deride
disrespect
diss
snoot
snub
high-hat
sniff at
slight
belittle
mock
disregard
undervalue
scout
pour scorn on
show contempt for
scoff at
hold in contempt
be contemptuous about
jeer at
turn up one's nose at
sneeze at
walk over
thumb nose at
dismiss
gibe
curl your lip at
run down
spit on
be scornful about
spit in the face of
turn down
heap scorn on
turn back on
laugh at
spit in the eye of
disparage
put down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To consider to be unworthy of one's consideration
sniff at
scorn
disdain
reject
despise
look down on
sneer at
treat with contempt
scoff at
show contempt for
pour scorn on
hold in contempt
regard with contempt
heap scorn on
hold in disdain
turn down
be contemptuous of
treat as inferior
turn your nose up at
be snobbish to
slight
snub
snoot
high-hat
look down upon
dis
disrespect
contemn
diss
deride
spurn
disregard
hate
belittle
mock
misprize
scout
pooh-pooh
sneeze at
turn up one's nose at
abhor
undervalue
stiff
revile
disparage
ridicule
dismiss
rebuff
stiff-arm
repudiate
walk over
make light of
jeer at
look down one's nose at
turn back on
put down
be contemptuous about
cold-shoulder
feel contempt for
thumb nose at
cut
shun
discount
hold up to scorn
wipe
wave aside
brush aside
play down
make little of
express contempt
slam dunk
curl your lip at
run down
spit on
be scornful about
laugh at
gibe
spit in the face of
spit in the eye of
ignore
repulse
turn deaf ear to
brush off
give the cold shoulder to
freeze out
give someone the brush-off
show disrespect for
show disrespect
not give time of day
give someone the go-by
give the brush
cut dead
blink at
treat disrespectfully
take no notice of
give the cold shoulder
knock back
shrug off
cock a snook
thumb one's nose
abominate
be allergic to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To erase from one's memory
blank out
forget
suppress
deny
erase
shut out
put behind you
cease to remember
stop thinking about
cease to think of
dismiss from mind
not worry about
erase from your mind
consign to oblivion
erase from memory
blank over
let bygones be bygones
put out of your mind
blot out
banish from one's thoughts
put in the past
not give another thought to
block out
wipe out
disregard
ignore
repress
repress one's memory of
drop
bypass
abandon
discount
skip
bury
put away
have done with
get over
never mind
slur over
think no more of
take no notice of
lay aside
pay no heed to
turn your back on
brush off
set aside
draw a veil over
shrug off
neglect
break with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse to give (something that is due to or is desired by another)
withhold
retain
reserve
hold
keep
maintain
preserve
detain
grasp
hang on to
hold on to
cling to
continue to have
keep hold of
cleave to
keep possession of
hold fast to
hold back
keep back
sit on
refuse to give
hold out on
keep to oneself
possess
own
have
bear
carry
be in possession of
be the owner of
wear
not sell
retain ownership of
retain possession of
retain use of
keep for oneself
not give away
save
uphold
conserve
perpetuate
contain
command
husband
cherish
enjoy
grip
nurture
continue with
hold fast
keep up
clutch on to
more ❯
Verb
▲
To move back or away from, especially because of fear or disgust
shrink
flinch
recoil
blench
cringe
cower
quail
start
wince
squinch
retreat
shudder
crouch
grovel
withdraw
retire
slink
draw back
pull back
shy away
back away
hang back
jump back
jerk back
spring back
start back
shrink away
back off
fall back
shrink back
shy
blanch
dodge
falter
duck
waver
shirk
quake
get cold feet
demur
swerve
balk
US
baulk
UK
tremble
jump
reel
flinch from
show fear
take fright
baulk at
jerk
recoil from
hide
quiver
jolt
shake
shiver
hesitate
buck
faint
droop
shake with fear
twitch
squirm
grimace
jib
turn
gasp
scowl
have cold feet
ricochet
pull a face
make a face
recede
react
evade
avoid
crawfish
backpedal
pull out
eschew
rebel
feel repugnance
shrink from
drop back
show repugnance
step back
lose ground
give way
back out
move away
give ground
escape
elude
shun
pull back from
shy away from
turn away
quail at
fight shy of
boggle at
jib at
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be hesitant or show reluctance
demur
hesitate
pause
vacillate
balk
US
baulk
UK
doubt
pussyfoot
waver
be reluctant
jib
shy
be unwilling
express misgivings
express reluctance
express reservations
hang back
think twice
hem and haw
be cagey
wait and see
drag your heels
dither
falter
shilly-shally
fluctuate
haver
scruple
shillyshally
be unsure
be hesitant
be uncertain
be doubtful
teeter
stagger
wobble
halt
wabble
oscillate
swither
linger
dawdle
hover
tergiversate
hold back
be indecisive
dilly-dally
hum and haw
be undecided
be irresolute
sit on the fence
blow hot and cold
hold off
shy away
straggle
lag
procrastinate
see-saw
change mind
pussyfoot around
get cold feet
yo-yo
stay back
shrink back
drag your feet
stay in the background
hang fire
be reluctant to come forward
sway
be tentative
have doubts
be ambivalent
harbour reservations about
be divided
lack conviction
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
be sceptical
feel uncertain
have suspicions about
think something unlikely
fluctuate on
wonder about
express suspicions about
be in two minds
have doubts about
chop and change
have reservations about
feel uneasy about
be dubious
keep changing your mind
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
stall
delay
equivocate
temporize
US
dally
wait
hedge
alternate
dillydally
seesaw
stumble
defer
deliberate
stop
boggle
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
debate
weigh
temporise
UK
think about
pull back
sit on fence
balance
tarry
prevaricate
take one's time
stonewall
filibuster
waffle
drag
poke
play for time
take your time
waste time
use delaying tactics
put off
beat about the bush
flip-flop
diddle
trifle
crawl
creep
loiter
lollygag
mope
lallygag
faff about
hang around
hang about
run hot and cold
be unable to make up your mind
beat around the bush
play a waiting game
change
vary
dodge
postpone
idle
quibble
flannel
faff around
while away time
hesitate over
buy time
gain time
mince words
stay put
mark time
kill time
be unable to decide
lag behind
second-guessing yourself
goof off
kick the can down the road
parry questions
put off doing something
mess about
dodge the issue
let the grass grow under one's feet
be non-committal
fudge the issue
evade the issue
be dilatory
duck the question
go from one extreme to the other
potter
swing
loll
slouch
be on the horns of a dilemma
move slowly
mess around
putter
um and ah
be on the fence
will and will not
adjourn
retard
prolong
protract
doubt yourself
goldbrick
cool
be long
sit around
fool around
be tardy
stay
plod
totter
palter
postpone action
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
suspend action
wait around
hang on
be slow
fall behind
horse around
potter round
potter around
potter about
not keep pace
dance around
whiffle waffle
fudge
back and fill
beg the question
evade
bide
sidestep
weasel
duck
avoid
tergiverse
shuck
distract
divert
warm a chair
goof around
hang round
lose time
get no place fast
cop out
be noncommittal
pass the buck
cop a plea
sidestep the issue
be vague
hedge your bets
shuffle around
be evasive
give the run around
avoid the issue
hold over
more ❯
Noun
▲
Matter thrown away or rejected as worthless
debris
garbage
litter
rubbish
waste
junk
scrap
trash
dreck
detritus
dregs
landfill
leavings
rubble
sewage
slag
slop
spoilage
sullage
sweepings
chaff
deadwood
dross
dust
muck
riffraff
debitage
draff
drek
dump
effluvia
effluvium
gash
lees
leftovers
mullock
offal
offscouring
raff
raffle
rejectamenta
residue
scraps
scum
sediment
spilth
swill
truck
dunghill
hogwash
remains
waste matter
discarded matter
orts
grot
lumber
odds and ends
cultch
offscourings
flotsam
flotsam and jetsam
fragments
filth
slush
wreckage
sludge
scourings
ruins
ashes
excess
sleaze
slops
dirt
deposit
tripe
crapola
oddments
silt
wreck
residuum
remnants
rummage
pieces
cheese
waste material
grounds
settlings
precipitate
accumulation
slime
sublimate
grime
mud
jetsam
grouts
carrion
mire
crud
bits
shavings
driftwood
clutter
shreds
gunk
scrapings
crumbs
ooze
castoffs
soil
smut
grunge
gunge
yuck
effluent
crust
shell
pigswill
leaving
off cuts
droppings
grains
scree
gubbins
scoria
brash
impurity
collateral
scattering
rash
recrement
cinders
remainder
surplus
unwanted items
odds and sods
rejects
cast-offs
spoil
compost
domestic refuse
bits and pieces
balance
legacy
alluvium
goo
mess
guck
deposition
deposits
gloop
slob
glop
kak
pollution
contamination
mulch
clag
poop
poo
solid waste
putrefaction
defilement
ordure
putrescence
decay
rottenness
offensiveness
feculence
putridity
foul matter
relics
vestiges
traces
shambles
shards
ruin
stones
jettison
destruction
relic
heap
fill
bricks
precipitation
settling
matter
solids
ground
powder
lagan
miscellanea
jumble
seconds
broken bricks
miscellany
offcuts
skeleton
floating debris
floating wreckage
hulk
crackup
wastage
mincemeat
skids
frame
wrack
old building
hull
loose ends
bits and bobs
ruined building
tat
remnant
floating remains
rest
remaining part
bric-a-brac
remaining quantity
remaining number
what's left
quantity left over
number left over
part left over
part that is left over
number that is left over
quantity that is left over
talus
clitter
more ❯
“Our movement was made difficult by a large amount of
refuse
strewn about the floor.”
Noun
▲
A section of society considered disreputable or undesirable
dregs
rabble
riffraff
canaille
scum
trash
vermin
underclass
untouchables
outcasts
deadbeats
ragtag
tramps
vagrants
dossers
losers
riff-raff
good-for-nothings
hoi polloi
ragtag and bobtail
down-and-outs
lowest of the low
Z-list
great unwashed
rubbish
undesirables
garbage
dregs of society
peasants
as common as muck
proletariat
unwashed
rabblement
rout
mob
mass
dross
toads
trogs
louses
cruds
curs
lowest
tagrag and bobtail
scum of the earth
despicable people
human trash
commoners
masses
rank and file
plebs
plebeians
commonalty
public
commonality
proles
common people
lower class
third estate
lower classes
populace
crowd
multitude
common herd
bourgeoisie
workers
millions
commons
tag, rag, and bobtail
peasantry
people
working class
lower orders
outcast
Everyman
herd
subjects
employees
followers
lowest social class
bourgeois
vulgar herd
general public
body politic
personnel
cattle
middle class
plebians
the common people
the masses
ordinary people
working stiff
proletarian
the rabble
working-class people
blue-collar workers
grassroots
the great unwashed
blue-collars
wage-earners
the herd
labouring classes
poor
lowlife
less fortunate
lower ranks
low-life
more ❯
Noun
▲
A quantity left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with
remainder
rest
residue
excess
surplus
remains
balance
superfluity
leftovers
remnants
remnant
overflow
residuum
leavings
overplus
detritus
dregs
extra
wreckage
ruins
vestiges
wreck
difference
waste
overspill
others
junk
vestige
trace
garbage
fragment
salvage
lave
remaining number
remaining quantity
number left over
what's left
quantity left over
odds and ends
those left
additional material
additional things
additional people
extra material
extra people
extra things
part that is left over
quantity that is left over
number that is left over
bottom of barrel
the rest of
everything else
all else
stub
butt
oddment
relics
remainders
fragments
scraps
hangovers
shadows
marks
echoes
oddments
legacies
ghosts
debris
tokens
residuums
mementos
footprints
evidence
signs
traces
ashes
reminders
souvenirs
stubs
surpluses
rubble
flotsam
indications
impressions
imprints
memorandums
remembrancers
trophies
memory
remembrances
particles
fag ends
bits
butts
clues
stumps
lees
ends
residuals
offcuts
pieces
crumbs
overflows
superfluities
extras
trails
throwbacks
overpluses
spoor
survival
effect
bits and pieces
bits and bobs
scents
tracks
remaining part
orts
part left over
keepsakes
monuments
memorabilia
commemoratives
suggestion
artifacts
US
records
artefacts
UK
memorials
tag ends
tail ends
remainings
rumps
dross
rump
leftover
residual
destruction
miscellany
remaining
cutting
castoffs
discards
tatters
shards
resemblances
trinkets
memos
survivors
knickknacks
loose ends
junks
wrecks
footmarks
footsteps
steps
grooves
print
wakes
tracts
outcomes
upshots
heritage
product
by-products
consequences
spin-offs
results
aftermaths
repercussions
fruit
impact
reverberation
testimonials
influence
hints
overtones
recollection
reminiscences
allusion
evocations
intimations
residues
legacy
antiques
antiquity
archaism
fossils
anachronisms
dinosaurs
table scraps
more ❯
Noun
▲
A part or quantity that is left after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed
oddment
remnant
remainder
stub
scrap
end
remains
butt
leftover
leavings
fragment
leftovers
remnants
bit
rest
leaving
scraps
shred
oddments
debris
bits
sliver
snippet
mélange
assortment
etcetera
hodgepodge
jumble
knickknacks
litter
medley
melee
miscellany
mishmash
motley
notions
novelties
olio
particles
patchwork
potpourri
rags
rubbish
rummage
sundries
fag end
tail end
miscellaneous paraphernalia
mixed bag
sundry items
bits and pieces
this and that
off cut
offcuts
odds and sods
bits and bobs
odds and ends
ends
stubs
fag ends
remainders
residue
dregs
butts
fragments
tail ends
relics
pieces
stumps
vestiges
shreds
heels
rumps
stump
cutting
crumbs
vestige
lees
slops
scrapings
snippets
slivers
end pieces
portions
tag ends
strip
parts
obverses
balance
residuums
excess
surpluses
overages
trash
particle
tag end
dog end
morsels
castoffs
discards
tatters
offcut
scourings
tatter
discard
offscourings
castoff
artifacts
US
artefacts
UK
medleys
mishmashes
mixed bags
miscellanies
rummages
olios
motleys
potpourris
assortments
melees
jumbles
more ❯
Noun
▲
The state or quality of being superfluous
superfluousness
superfluity
surfeit
superabundance
extravagance
surplus
lavishness
plethora
overabundance
profusion
oversupply
plenty
overflow
exorbitance
fat
overkill
overmuch
glut
nimiety
wastefulness
extravagantness
exuberance
waste
excessiveness
balance
embarrassment
enough
fulsomeness
inundation
leavings
leftover
overdose
overload
overrun
redundance
redundancy
remainder
residue
rest
spare
supererogation
extravagancy
by-product
the limit
too much
too much of a good thing
overplus
excess
inordinateness
immoderateness
extremeness
plus
bellyful
surplusage
overage
expendability
repetition
copiosity
dead wood
abundance
mass
heap
lot
stack
wealth
pile
quantity
plenitude
slew
mountain
ton
US
bundle
oodles
loads
store
scads
gobs
bunch
volume
reams
spate
raft
mess
chunk
wad
myriad
multiplicity
plentitude
lashings
much
fistful
boatload
barrel
bushel
basketful
truckload
pot
bucket
yard
deal
potful
passel
shipload
carload
lashins
sight
pack
plateful
sheaf
dozen
hundred
peck
multitude
lots
copiousness
host
masses
shedload
tons
US
flood
cornucopia
stacks
quantities
heaps
bounty
swag
scores
piles
sea
millions
luxuriance
mountains
opulence
ampleness
prodigality
riot
bags
prosperity
outpouring
prosperousness
tonnes
UK
great quantity
good deal
profuseness
tonne
UK
large amount
immoderation
plentifulness
richness
prolificacy
prolificity
immoderacy
droves
lushness
thousands
hundreds
billions
zillions
gazillions
bazillions
deluge
ocean
infinity
dozens
avalanche
proliferation
gallons
jam
push
numbers
plurality
infinitude
turnout
large number
great number
a lot
large quantity
plenteousness
abundancy
surplusage. superabundance
splash
flourish
show
extravaganza
display
exhibition
lavish display
more ❯
Noun
▲
Cleansing actions to remove impurities or wrongdoing
purging
purge
cleansing
expurgation
purgation
purification
deliverance
release
abreaction
lustration
freeing
exorcism
catharsis
relief
liberation
ridding
emotional release
depuration
freeing up
ablution
Noun
▲
Foolish talk or writing
hogwash
gibberish
nonsense
baloney
drivel
garbage
malarkey
poppycock
balderdash
blather
claptrap
codswallop
crock
dribble
phooey
piffle
twaddle
wack
blathers
boloney
bulldust
bunk
bunkum
fiddlesticks
folly
hokum
hooey
humbug
rubbish
tosh
trash
tripe
waffle
applesauce
blither
bull
crapola
eyewash
flapdoodle
guff
horsefeathers
moonshine
rot
absurdity
balls
blah
blah-blah
foolishness
fudge
gammon
hokeypokey
jazz
malarky
muck
nuts
senselessness
silliness
slush
stupidity
tommyrot
bilge
blarney
blatherskite
blether
bosh
buncombe
bushwa
cobblers
cod
drool
flannel
havers
hoodoo
ridiculousness
taradiddle
tarradiddle
toffee
trumpery
beans
BS
falderal
fiddle
folderol
nerts
punk
gobbledegook
hot air
fiddle-faddle
double Dutch
stuff and nonsense
babble
bizzo
prattle
bull's wool
pap
mumbo jumbo
jabber
jive
bombast
gobbledygook
gabble
cack
palaver
verbiage
pants
rigmarole
inanity
blabber
jabberwocky
codology
talk
jargon
empty talk
double-talk
chatter
giddiness
gas
prating
ranting
slobber
burble
gibber
abracadabra
irrationality
imprudence
flightiness
flimflam
fatuity
idiocy
fustian
kak
tattle
jabbering
foolish talk
double talk
trifle
stuff
froth
rhetoric
pretence
UK
pretense
US
bananas
rambling
tomfoolery
dross
Greek
jest
joke
thoughtlessness
ludicrousness
cant
madness
yabbering
doublespeak
hocus-pocus
idle talk
raving
yackety-yak
gossip
frippery
frivolity
wittering
verbosity
fun
trivia
scrawl
rashness
scribble
bluster
flummery
grandiloquence
soft soap
blah-blah-blah
oratory
wind
twattle
prate
crud
argle-bargle
foolery
untruth
unintelligible language
babbling
obscure language
incoherent talk
triviality
bafflegab
rant
shallowness
puerility
fantasy
fiction
corn
stultiloquence
futile talk
useless words
hedging
prevarication
evasion
equivocation
spiel
weasel words
prolixity
gab
verbalizing
US
wordiness
padding
deception
falsehood
trickery
yammer
logorrhoea
chuntering
scat
ravings
verbalising
UK
rhubarb
craziness
noise
clack
boasting
yatter
pomposity
nattering
meaningless talk
bravado
lies
bragging
twitter
mere words
nonsense talk
all Greek
wild talk
deceit
sophistry
smoke and mirrors
jibber-jabber
Banbury story of a cock and a bull
cock-and-bull story
cock-and-bull tale
Banbury tale
natter
chat
chitchat
confab
patter
confabulation
gabfest
yak
conversation
jaw
small talk
rap
chin-wag
cackle
schmooze
causerie
jangle
colloquy
backchat
waffling
chin music
table talk
chit-chat
gibbering
chitter-chatter
dialogue
UK
gabber
dialog
US
discourse
tittle-tattle
prattling
heart-to-heart
blathering
blethering
jawing
yammering
yattering
yapping
chinwagging
discussion
chinwag
conference
powwow
rabbit
rabbiting on
crack
chattering
exchange
adda
yakking
convo
craic
bull session
blubbering
tattling
murmur
tête-à-tête
braggadocio
gabbling
rodomontade
gasconade
magniloquence
blithering
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