should

modal verb (WOULD)

strong /ʃʊd/ weak /ʃəd/ mainly UK formal

Definition

› used instead of 'would' when the subject is 'I' or 'we': I should like a whisky before I go to bed. I shouldn't expect you to pay, of course.

(Definition of should modal verb (WOULD) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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