Rebuff - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|rɪˈbʌf|
Brit.
|rɪˈbʌf|
noun
- a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) (syn: slight)
- an instance of driving away or warding off (syn: repulse, snub)
- an instance of driving away or warding off (syn: repulse, snub)
verb
- reject outright and bluntly (syn: repel, snub)
- force or drive back (syn: fight off, repel, repulse)
- force or drive back (syn: fight off, repel, repulse)
rebuff the attack
Extra examples
Our suggestion was immediately rebuffed.
The company rebuffed the bid.
She rebuffed him when he asked her for a date.
He received a humiliating rebuff from his manager.
He rebuffed all her suggestions.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: rebuff
he/she/it: rebuffs
present participle: rebuffing
past tense: rebuffed
past participle: rebuffed
I/you/we/they: rebuff
he/she/it: rebuffs
present participle: rebuffing
past tense: rebuffed
past participle: rebuffed
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