Synonyms for declined
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-klahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈklaɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for declined Other synonyms for the word declined
- abate
- abjure
- abstain
- avoid
- backslide
- balk
- beg to be excused
- bypass
- cheapen
- decay
- degenerate
- demur
- desist
- disapprove
- disimprove
- disintegrate
- don't buy
- droop
- ebb
- fade
- fall
- fall off
- flag
- forbear
- forgo
- gainsay
- go down
- go downhill
- go to pot
- go to the dogs
- hit the skids
- languish
- lapse
- lose value
- lower
- nix
- not accept
- not hear of
- not think of
- pass on
- pine
- recede
- refrain
- refuse
- reject
- relapse
- renounce
- reprobate
- repudiate
- retrograde
- return
- revert
- rot
- sag
- send regrets
- set
- settle
- shrink
- shy
- sink
- slant
- slide
- slope
- spurn
- subside
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- wane
- weaken
- worsen
Définition of declined
Origin :- early 14c., "deterioration, degeneration," from Old French declin (see decline (v.)).
- verb say no
- verb lessen, become less
- verb descend
- He said, coolly, that he would relieve me of the duty, but I declined his obliging offer.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Mr. Gladstone was invited to the vacant place, but declined.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- But Mr. Gladstone, while acknowledging the compliment, declined because of his age.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- "Come, George, fill up your glass," said Ashton repeatedly; but George declined.
- Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
- Handel declined the invitation, but resolved to go to Italy as soon as he could do so "on his own bottom."
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- But the Sikhs maintained a remorseful silence and declined it.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Canrobert declined the proposed mission on the plea of ill-health.
- Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes
- John politely asked Mrs. Bothwell to join them, but she declined.
- Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
- In steady progression, as the day declined, the talk rose in sound and purpose.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Mary declined it, and walked so very fast that he remonstrated.
- Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
Antonyms for declined
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