What does refused mean?
Word: Refused
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Refused means said or showed that you would not do, accept or allow something. It is the past tense of refuse.
Synonyms: declined, rejected, turned down, denied
Antonyms: accepted, allowed
How do you spell refused?
Syllables: re - fused
Tricky part: The s sounds like a z, so some students write refuzed. There is only one f.
Watch out for: refuzed, reffused, refusd
Memory tip: The middle buzzes like a z, but write it with a quiet s, as in rose and nose.
Refused in a sentence
Example 1: The auto driver refused to go to the airport at midnight.
Example 2: Anaya refused a second helping of kheer, which surprised everyone.
Example 3: The bank refused his loan application twice.
Fun Fact
In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and her quiet stand helped start the American civil rights movement.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word refused as used in the sentence:
The shopkeeper refused to take back the torn kurta.
a) grumbled
b) hesitated
c) delayed
d) agreed
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d) agreed. To refuse is to say no; to agree is to say yes.
Spell-o-Spell
Only one of these words is spelt correctly. Choose its meaning:
1. recieve 2. refused 3. arguement 4. neccessary
a) said no to something
b) to get or be given something
c) a disagreement with raised voices
d) needed; essential
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a) said no to something. Receive puts e before i, argument drops the e of argue, and necessary has one c and two s's.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Riya dfuerse to leave the pool until she had swum ten lengths.
a) reused
b) refuted
c) defused
d) refused
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d) refused. Reused has no f, refuted has a t, and defused has two d's and no r.
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
When the rain did not stop, our games teacher refused to let us play on the muddy field and took the whole class to the libary instead.
a) libary
b) muddy
c) instead
d) refused
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a) libary. Library has an r after the b, which quick speech often swallows.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Meera refused the invitation. This means she ____.
a) helped to plan it
b) arrived very late
c) chose not to attend
d) brought her cousin along
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c) chose not to attend
2. Refuse can also be a noun, said REF-yooss. What does it mean?
a) a safe place
b) a polite reply
c) rubbish
d) a kind of fuse wire
Show answer
c) rubbish
