Antonyms for "was received" include words like rejected, refused, spurned, disapproved, snubbed, dismissed, denied, passed over, neglected, and ignored. These words represent negative and unwelcoming actions that may be taken towards a person, message or object. They signify the opposite of being accepted, welcomed or acknowledged. When a message or an idea "was received," it means it was taken in and considered as valid or informative. However, if it is "rejected" or "disapproved of," the opposite is true. Thus, knowing these antonyms can help in understanding the context in which information or ideas were received.

What are the antonyms for Was received?

• v.

  • cost
  • disallow
  ,
  • lose
  ,
  • refuse
  ,
  • reject
  .

Famous quotes with Was received

• I'm always prepared for the worst. I was prepared to have the book come out, sell seven copies, and have to keep working in advertising, so it was just great that it was received so well and by such a huge audience.

  Augusten Burroughs
• This doctrine of Christ and of the apostles, from which the true faith of the primitive church was received, the apostles at first delivered orally, without writing, but later, not by any human counsel but by the will of God, they handed it on in the Scriptures.

  Martin Chemnitz
• My main graduate training was received at the University of Chicago from which I received the Ph.D. in 1938.

  George Stigler
• In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received as such. The boy is too creepy, he betrays his teacher, the only adult man with whom he's enjoyed a sexual experience, etc.

  Edmund White
• Cheyenne Autumn was received not too successfully. I still think it was a very good movie. It was kinda Ford's apology for the way he had treated Indians in his past pictures.

  Richard Widmark

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