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refusive

refusive adjective: exhibiting or relating to refusal.

Adjective

refusive (comparative more refusive, superlative most refusive)

  1. Exhibiting or relating to refusal.
    • At least, he may claim that we should bring to him a tolerably patient and receptive mind, not a repelling, refusive mind; in a word, that we should treat him with decency, if we profess to attend to him at all.1883, The Book-lover's Enchiridion, page 415

Forms of refusive

comparativemore refusive
superlativemost refusive

Questions about refusive

What does refusive mean?
Refusive means exhibiting or relating to refusal.
What part of speech is refusive?
Refusive is an adjective.

Words near refusive in the dictionary

  1. refuseth
  2. refusing
  3. refusingly
  4. refusion
  5. refusions
  6. refusive
  7. refusnik
  8. refusniki
  9. refusniks
  10. refutabilities
  11. refutability

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