wouldn't
Refused, past tense
Wouldn't is the contraction of "would not," used to express refusal, unwillingness, or failed attempts in the past: She wouldn't listen to reason, The car wouldn't start.
It also appears in polite requests and hypotheticals: Wouldn't you rather stay? , I wouldn't do that if I were you.
Past inability marker
- shouldn'tAdvised against doing
- can'tLacking the ability
- doesn'tNegates present action
- don'tContraction forbidding action
isn't · wasn't · weren't · haven't · hasn't · hadn't · mightn't · mustn't
Decrease or refuse
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
- refuseReject or garbage
- rebuffAbrupt, curt rejection
- turn downReject or reduce
say no · withhold · deny · dismiss · spurn · veto · forbid · prohibit
Conditional clause marker
- supposeAccept as true tentatively
- imagineForm mental pictures
- assumingAccepting as true unverified
- theoreticallyIn principle, not actuality
potentially · possibly · perhaps · maybe · otherwise · alternatively · scenario · contingent
Causing mild shock
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
- astonishingCausing great wonder
shocking · unthinkable · inconceivable · hard to believe · doubtful · skeptical · questionable · implausible
couldn't
Past inability marker
don't · isn't · wasn't · weren't · haven't · hasn't · hadn't · mightn't · mustn't · shan't
decline
Decrease or refuse
turn down · say no · withhold · deny · dismiss · spurn · veto · forbid · prohibit · disallow
if
Conditional clause marker
theoretically · potentially · possibly · perhaps · maybe · otherwise · alternatively · scenario · contingent · conditional
surprising
Causing mild shock
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
- unbelievableImpossible to accept as true
- incredulousExpressing unwillingness to believe
astonishing · shocking · unthinkable · inconceivable · hard to believe · doubtful · skeptical · questionable · implausible · unlikely
- wouldn't be caught deadReject something completely
- wouldn't harm a flyExtremely gentle, nonviolent
- wouldn't say noReceptive if asked
- wouldn't dare
- wouldn't be seen deadExpress extreme aversion
- wouldn't hurt a fly
willing, would, unwilling, wilt, wont, willingly, willingness, won't, willed