Reverse Dictionary: REFUSAL

ADJECTIVES
1580 ► expressing denial or refusal; denying; negative → NEGATORY 
1618 ► accepting no refusal → NAYLESS → obs. rare
1660 ► that tends to refuse or prohibit; denying, refusing, negative → RECUSATIVE → obs. rare
1673 ► that declines; expressing refusal → DECLINATORY 
1682 ► negative; implying denial or refusal → ABNUTIVE → obs. rare

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
E19  ► an exclamation implying one’s absolute refusal to do something → DAMN ME FOR A HORSE IF I DO! → sl.
1820 ► a strong refusal or rejection → DAMN A HORSE IF I DO! → colloq.
1828 ► used in refusing a demand expressed by “I want ___ ____” → THEN WANT MUST BE YOUR MASTER 
1856 ► used for registering a strong refusal or denial → NO SIR → NOSSIR → US
1873 ► a strong form of refusal → I’LL SEE YOU FURTHER FIRST 
1893 ► used for registering refusal → NOT LIKELY! → UK sl.
1896 ► used for registering emphatic refusal or denial → NOT ON YOUR LIFE! → US sl.
1910 ► a strong expression of denial or refusal → I’LL BE PICK-AXED! → Aust. sl.
1921 ► No! refusal of a request → ACK! → sl. (Bk.)
1941 ► used as an absolute denial, refusal, or rejection → NOT ON YOUR NELLY! → UK rhyming sl. (not on your Nellie Duff for puff (breath, hence life))
1991 ► used when refusing to cooperate or when withholding information → ASK ME ARSE! → Irish sl.
1991 ► used when refusing to cooperate or when withholding information → ASK ME BOLIX! → Irish sl.
1991 ► used when refusing to cooperate or when withholding information → ASK ME LEFT ONE! → Irish sl.
1991 ► used when refusing to cooperate or when withholding information → ASK ME SACK! → Irish sl.
2000 ► expresses an absolute refusal to give or be generous → NOT GIVE THE STEAM OF YOUR PISS → UK sl.
2000 ► expresses an absolute refusal to give or be generous → NOT GIVE THE STEAM OFF YOUR TURDS → UK sl.

NOUNS
1612 ► the withholding of acceptance; non-acceptance, modest or courteous refusal → DECLINATION → obs. exc. Sc.
1631 ► refusal, denial → NAY-SAY 
1632 ► the capacity of refusal → NEGATIVE → obs. rare
1680 ► the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal → DECLINEMENT → obs. rare
1817 ► the act of declining; courteous refusal → DECLENSION → rare
1837 ► the act of declining; courteous refusal → DECLINAL → rare
1842 ► the act of declining or refusing; courteous refusal → DECLINATURE 
1843 ► important or scandalous information; a hint; a password; a proposal; a refusal → HARD WORD → chiefly Eng. dial.
1881 ► a refusal; the option of refusing an offer → REFUSE → Eng. dial.
1897 ► a rejection or refusal; a snub; a cold or hostile reception → ICY MITTEN → Amer. dial.
1898 ► refusal → NAYWORD → rare
1900 ► ‘the cold shoulder’; a snub; refusal to recognize and acquaintance → ICE PITCHER → Amer. dial.
1907 ► the cold shoulder; a cold or hostile reception; a show of deliberate indifference or disregard; a rejection or refusal; a snub → ICY MITT 
1935 ► a rejection or refusal; a snub; a cold or hostile reception → ICE MITT → Amer. dial.
1945 ► a dispute; a refusal to participate or cooperate, esp. with the authorities → JACK-UP → Aust. sl.
2001 ► a rejection, a refusal → SHUT-DOOR → UK sl.

NOUNS, PERSON
1606 ► one who declines or refuses; a dissentient → DECLINATOR → obs.
1721 ► refuser → NAY-SAYER → rare
1876 ► a person who refuses → SAYER NAY → Eng. dial.

VERBS
897 ► to refuse or deny a thing to a person; to refuse to grant → WARN → obs.
1300 ► to refuse to do something → NAY → obs. rare
1300 ► ​to refuse to take or accept → WARN → obs.
1330 ► to refuse → GAINSAY → rare
1350 ► to deny; to disappoint by denying; to meet one with a refusal  → NICK WITH NAY 
1374 ► to refuse, to deny → NAIT → obs. rare
1386 ► to refuse or reject something offered → WAIVE → obs.
1400 ► to say no to; to refuse; to deny → AGAIN-SAY → obs.
1500 ► to force back, to repulse; to refuse, to reject → PUT BACK → obs.
1592 ► to give a refusal to a person → NAY → obs. exc. arch.
1599 ► to refuse stubbornly to move or be persuaded → DIG ONE’S HEELS IN → colloq.
1681 ► to strive against, to refuse, to reject → RELUCTATE → rare
1768 ► to feel or display reluctance; to show disdain or hesitation, to be pettishly unwilling to accept, to spurn, to refuse → TARROW AT → Sc.
1773 ► to refuse → NAY-SAY → Eng. dial. & arch.
1790 ► to withdraw from an engagement; to jilt; to refuse; to deny → RENEAGUE → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1870 ► to forbid, to refuse; to claim a truce → FAIN → Eng. dial.
1892 ► to be enraged at a thing; to refuse to do a thing → SNORT → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1895 ► to refuse; to repulse → BIFF → US students’ sl.
1898 ► to refuse to do something; to refuse to cooperate or participate → JACK UP → Aust. 
20C  ► to refuse or decline to act or participate in something → TAKE A BYE → US sl.
1900 ► to forbid, to hinder, to refuse → DISANNUL → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1901 ► to refuse with disdain; to be fastidious → KECK → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1904 ► to refuse, to neglect, to shirk → SCONCE → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1907 ► to refuse to do something until one gets certain conditions → HOLD OUT → US sl.
1911 ► to disappoint, to deny, to refuse → BREAK → Sc. (Bk.)
1928 ► to refuse a person peremptorily or vigorously or to take no notice of him → DAFT-MAN → tailors’ sl.
1958 ► to refuse to do a job → BOW ONE’S BACK → Amer. dial.
1958 ► to get mad; to turn mean; to refuse to do a job → BOW UP → Amer. dial.
1964 ► to reprimand, or refuse; to ‘shoot down’ → CHOKE → US students’ sl. (Bk.)
1999 ► to refuse to consider something, often unreasonably → CLOSE ONE’S MIND → (Bk.)