Synonyms for turn down
turn down

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1. turn downverb

   Antonyms:
   turn up

2. turn downverb

   He turned down all our offers of help.

   Antonyms:
   turn up

3. turn downverb

   Antonyms:
   turn up

4. turn downverb

   Turn down the blankets to let them air out.

   Antonyms:
   turn up

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1. refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, declineverb

   refuse to accept

   "He refused my offer of hospitality"

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, reject, rule out, go down, deny, resist, worsen, winnow out, lower, correct, decline, lour, spurn, pooh-pooh, wane, disapprove, disdain, scorn, pass up, defy, turn away, refuse, eliminate, slump

2. reject, turn down, turn away, refuseverb

   refuse entrance or membership

   "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs"

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, eliminate, rule out, avert, deflect, deny, resist, bend, winnow out, lower, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, defy, turn away, refuse

3. reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn downverb

   reject with contempt

   "She spurned his advances"

   Synonyms:
   freeze off, eliminate, rule out, lower, resist, despise, winnow out, contemn, decline, lour, spurn, pass up, pooh-pooh, reject, disapprove, disdain, scorn, turn away, refuse

4. turn downverb

   take a downward direction

   "The economy finally turned down after a long boom"

   Synonyms:
   lour, turn away, reject, refuse, pass up, pooh-pooh, lower, spurn, scorn, freeze off, disdain, decline

5. turn down, lower, lourverb

   make lower or quieter

   "turn down the volume of a radio"

   Synonyms:
   glower, depress, freeze off, reject, get down, scorn, take down, frown, lower, decline, lour, spurn, bring down, pooh-pooh, let down, disdain, pass up, turn away, refuse

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1. turn down

   Synonyms:
   fold down, double down

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1. Tim Silha:

   If Wisconsin is truly open for business, you will vote with your constituents and turn down this bill.

2. Denis Watley:

   When you make a mistake or get ridiculed or rejected, look at mistakes as learning experiences, and ridicule as ignorance. . . . Look at rejection as part of one performance, not as a turn down of the performer.

3. Lawrence Newman:

   All the drugs that we currently use for migraine were found just by chance. Someone had another condition and then the drug was found to reduce their migraine, there’s a dearth of funding and studies for this. I wouldn’t turn down anything as potentially promising; it just needs to be validated.

4. Jules Renard:

   The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

5. Sir Thomas More:

   Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.