wouldn't
WUUD-nt/ˈwʊdn̩t/
- 1Contraction of "would not," the negative form of the auxiliary verb would; expresses refusal, unwillingness, or a negative outcome.
He insisted he wouldn't sign the contract under those terms.
If I were you, I wouldn't worry about the test results just yet.
Note
The ending -n't fuses not onto would, so the negative travels with the auxiliary wherever it goes. In questions it moves to the front whole, as in Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays?, while the uncontracted order splits apart: Would you not…? In past narration it often marks stubborn refusal. Joseph C. Lincoln's Mr. Pratt's Patients (1913) has a woman so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell.
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Origin
A contraction of "would not," formed from "would" plus "-n't."