TURNS DOWN Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

turns down

verb

present tense third-person singular of turn down

as in refuses

to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to I'm afraid that I will have to turn down your invitation

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Recent Examples of turns down The candidate who turns down your offer doesn’t necessarily go on to repeat what was heard. — Jon Michail, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026 Pairing a floral sundress with a pair of white sneakers turns down the volume on the feminine formality, making the classic piece a bit less fussy. — Amber Rambharose, InStyle, 18 June 2026 If a local school board turns down a charter, the organizers can appeal to the OC Board, which covers the whole county. — John Seiler, Oc Register, 13 May 2026 May 14, 2014 Steve Kerr is hired Kerr turns down an offer from the New York Knicks to work with Phil Jackson, his former coach with the Chicago Bulls, to sign a five-year, $25 million contract to coach the Warriors. — Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 10 May 2026 When Towns turns down 3-point shots, the Hawks win. — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026 And there’s another anatomical quirk in our eyeballs that turns down our perception of blue specifically in the center of our vision. — Nora Bradford, Scientific American, 23 Mar. 2026 But everyone seemed to agree that this year’s event was about more than just linking turns down the snowy slopes. — James Edward Mills, Outside, 15 Mar. 2026 Stung by his firing from The Lovely Bones, Wahlberg turns down The Fighter, thinking the film won’t be a big enough splash to turn his career around. — Joe Reid, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026

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For Wilder residents, the La Catedral raid remains an open wound that refuses to heal.

— Philip Wang, Time, 19 Oct. 2026
After that, Grace all but disappears from Crystal Lake, exposing the haphazard plotting of a show that refuses to commit.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026

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