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List of meaning for rebuff

to turn down or refuse

rebuff, slight(noun)

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

rebuff, snub, repulse(verb)

an instance of driving away or warding off

rebuff, snub, repel(verb)

reject outright and bluntly

"She snubbed his proposal"

repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back(verb)

force or drive back

"repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

treatment that is deliberately unfriendly

took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met

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