Defenition of the word rebuff
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Defenition of the word rebuff
- a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
- reject outright and bluntly
- an instance of driving away or warding off
- force or drive back; "repel the attacker"
- reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"
- force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
- force or drive back
Synonyms for the word rebuff
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- brush off
- decline
- denial
- discourage
- drive back
- drive off
- fight off
- give the cold shoulder
- refusal
- refuse
- reject
- rejection
- repel
- repulse
- slight
- slighting
- snub
- spurn
- turn down
Similar words in the rebuff
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- rebuff
- rebuffed
- rebuffing
- rebuffs
Hyponyms for the word rebuff
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- cold shoulder
- cut
- silent treatment
- snub
Hypernyms for the word rebuff
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- defend
- discourtesy
- disdain
- fight
- fight back
- fight down
- freeze off
- offence
- offense
- offensive activity
- oppose
- pooh-pooh
- reject
- rejection
- scorn
- spurn
- turn down
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