refuseth
Will not accept
Refuseth is an archaic third-person singular form of refuse, using the -eth ending that was standard in Early Modern English: He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul.
The form survives mainly in biblical quotations and deliberate archaism.
Sacred religious writings
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- King JamesEnglish Bible translation, 1611
- ProverbsBiblical book of aphorisms
- theeSecond-person object, antiquated
thou · hath · doth · saith · verily · commandment · parable · psalm
Rejected with contempt
- naysayTo deny or oppose
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- repudiateReject as having no authority
- disallowRefuse to permit
turnaway · forsaketh · renounce · abnegate · disavow · repel · rebuke · cast out
Refusal to yield
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
intransigence · recalcitrance · mutiny · dissent · protest · stand firm · holdfast · unyielding
scripture
Sacred religious writings
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- King JamesEnglish Bible translation, 1611
- ProverbsBiblical book of aphorisms
thee · thou · hath · doth · saith · verily · commandment · parable · psalm · gospel
spurned
Rejected with contempt
disallow · turnaway · forsaketh · renounce · abnegate · disavow · repel · rebuke · cast out · turn down
stubbornness
Refusal to yield
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- contumacyObstinate resistance to authority
noncompliance · intransigence · recalcitrance · mutiny · dissent · protest · stand firm · holdfast · unyielding · steadfast
- I refuseFirm verbal rejection
- offer one can't refuseProposal backed by threat
- right to refuseAuthority to decline
- refuse collectorOne who removes waste
- refuse trucksVehicles for hauling waste
- refuses to learn