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Rebuff

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Noun

1. rebuff, slight

a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)

2. rebuff, repulse, snub

an instance of driving away or warding off

Verb

3. rebuff, repel, snub

reject outright and bluntly

Example Sentences:
'She snubbed his proposal'

4. drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel, repulse

force or drive back

Example Sentences:
'repel the attacker'
'fight off the onslaught'
'rebuff the attack'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Rebuff

see synonyms of rebuff
verb (transitive)
1. 
to snub, reject, or refuse (a person offering help or sympathy, an offer of help, etc) abruptly or out of hand
2. 
to beat back (an attack); repel
noun
3. 
a blunt refusal or rejection; snub
4. 
any sudden check to progress or action

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Rebuff

see synonyms of rebuff
noun
1. 
an abrupt, blunt refusal of offered advice, help, etc.
2. 
any check or repulse
verb transitive
3. 
to refuse bluntly; snub
4. 
to check or repulse

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Rebuff

see synonyms of rebuff
n.
1. A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer.
2. A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action: a rebuff to his ambitions.
tr.v. re·buffed, re·buff·ing, re·buffs
1. To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub: rebuff a person making advances; rebuff a request. See Synonyms at refuse1.
2. To repel or drive back: rebuffed the attack.

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