FREEZE OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Reject with contempt

Example:

She spurned his advances

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "freeze off" is one way to...):

decline; refuse (show unwillingness towards)

Verb group:

decline; pass up; refuse; reject; turn down (refuse to accept)

refuse; reject; turn away; turn down (refuse entrance or membership)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "freeze off"):

rebuff; repel; snub (reject outright and bluntly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody