nix
verb

to prevent something from happening by saying “no” to it .

Oxford Dictionary

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ORIGIN

ca. 18th century from German, colloquial form of nichts, nothing.

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12 WAYS TO SAY NO

- I’m honoured but I can’t.
- I wish there were two of me.
- Oh dear, I have something else.
- Rats, I’m just not able to fit this in!
- In another universe I’d say yes to that.
- Although I can’t do A, what I can do is B and C.
- That sounds lovely, I just can’t swing it this week.
- Sorry, I’m not able to take on anything else right now.
- Your proposal is intriguing, sadly it’s just not a good fit for us.
- I would if I could, but I just have another deadline to hit today.
- Thanks so much for thinking of me, but I’m underwater with project Q.
- I can’t make that happen before your deadline, but I’m happy to put you in touch with Mrs X. She can give background on Y if that’s of any help to you.

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SYNONYMS

veto, blackball. shoot down, reject, turn down, refuse, ban, quash, squash, kill, disallow, embargo, give the thumbs down to, boycott, throw out, give the red light to, vote down, vote against, say ‘no’ to, prohibit, forbid, block, interdict, outlaw, proscribe, dismiss, rule out, overrule, nullify, stop, rule against, decline, discountenance, deny, cut, burn, place an embargo on, declare, pass on, not go for, put an end to, put a stop to, refuse permission to, put the kibosh on, blacklist, cold-shoulder, anathematize, disacknowledge, shut the door on.

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Practice OWAD in an English conversation, say something like:

“We quickly NIXED the proposal, it would have taken us way over budget.”

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