'turn down' definitions:
Definition of 'turn down'
(from WordNet)
verb
Refuse to accept; "He refused my offer of hospitality" [syn: refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline] [ant: accept, have, take]
verb
Refuse entrance or membership; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" [syn: reject, turn down, turn away, refuse] [ant: admit, allow in, intromit, let in]
verb
Reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down]
verb
Take a downward direction; "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"
verb
Synonyms of 'turn down'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- be unmoved,
- be unwilling,
- beg off,
- convert,
- decline,
- decline to accept,
- disagree,
- disallow,
- disapprove,
- disclaim,
- dismiss,
- dissent,
- evert,
- hold out against,
- introvert,
- intussuscept,
- invaginate,
- inverse,
- invert,
- negate,
- negative,
- not buy,
- not consent,
- not hear of,
- not think of,
- pronate,
- refuse,
- refuse consent,
- reject,
- reprobate,
- repudiate,
- resist entreaty,
- resist persuasion,
- resupinate,
- reverse,
- revolve,
- rotate,
- say nay,
- say no,
- spurn,
- stand aloof,
- supinate,
- transpose,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn in,
- turn inside out,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tables,
- turn upside down,
- vote nay,
- vote negatively
Words containing 'turn down'
- By turns,
- In turn,
- To a turn,
- To be turned of,
- To turn about,
- To turn again,
- To turn against,
- To turn down,
- To turn in,
- To turn into,
- To turn off,
- To turn on,
- To turn out,
- To turn over,
- To turn to,
- To turn under,
- To turn up,
- Turn,
- Turn and turn about,
- Turned,
- Turning,
- about turn,
- turn about,
- turn in,
- turn into,
- turn off,
- turn on,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn to,
- turn up,
- turned off,
- turned on,
- turned out,
- turned up,
- By-turning,
- Engine turning,
- Flange turning,
- Good turn,
- Ill turn,
- Quarter turn,
- Round turn,
- Sea turn,
- Series turns,
- Table turning,
- To take turns,
- To turn a corner,
- To turn a flange,
- To turn a penny,
- To turn adrift,
- To turn aside,
- To turn away,
- To turn back,
- To turn head,
- To turn in the mind,
- To turn round,
- To turn tail,
- To turn the back,
- To turn the back on,
- To turn the balance,
- To turn the brain of,
- To turn the corner,
- To turn the dice,
- To turn the die,
- To turn the edge of,
- To turn the head of,
- To turn the point of,
- To turn the scale,
- To turn the stomach of,
- To turn the tables,
- To turn tippet,
- To turn to account,
- To turn to advantage,
- To turn to flight,
- To turn to profit,
- To turn turtle,
- To turn upon,
- To turn upside down,
- Toll turn,
- Turn bench,
- Turn buckle,
- Turn cap,
- Turn of life,
- Turn screw,
- Turn-out,
- Turning bridge,
- Turning engine,
- Turning lathe,
- Turning pair,
- Turning point,
- kick turn,
- stem turn,
- take turns,
- toss and turn,
- turn a loss,
- turn a profit,
- turn a trick,
- turn around,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn away from,
- turn back,
- turn indicator,
- turn inside out,
- turn of events,
- turn of expression,
- turn of phrase,
- turn of the century,
- turn on a dime,
- turn red,
- turn signal,
- turn tail,
- turn the corner,
- turn the other cheek,
- turn the tables,
- turn the tide,
- turn the trick,
- turn thumbs down,
- turn turtle,
- turn up the heat,
- turn up the pressure,
- turn upside down,
- turn-on,
- turned around,
- turning away,
- Quarter turn belt,
- Re-turn,
- To bring up with a round turn,
- To turn King's evidence,
- To turn Queen's evidence,
- To turn State's evidence,
- To turn a cold shoulder to,
- To turn a hostile army,
- To turn an honest penny,
- To turn one's coat,
- To turn one's goods,
- To turn one's hand to,
- To turn one's money,
- To turn over a new leaf,
- To turn the back on one,
- To turn the back upon,
- To turn the enemy's flank,
- Turn-buckle,
- Turn-outs,
- Turn-sick,
- Turning and boring mill,
- ampere-turn,
- turn a blind eye,
- turn a nice dime,
- turn a nice dollar,
- turn a nice penny,
- turn one's stomach,
- turn over a new leaf,
- u-turn,
- well-turned,
- To bring up any one with a round turn,
- To turn around one's finger,
- three-point turn