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Definition of rebuff in English: rebuffverb rɪˈbʌfrəˈbəf [with object]Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner. I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms Example sentencesExamples - Clay's efforts to locate and fix her image are rebuffed in a weary kind of manner.
- We tried desperately to obtain such an electoral pact with the Greens before the election, but we were rebuffed on every occasion.
- Its wrath, had it been rebuffed, was potentially catastrophic.
- At times, the nightclub singer doesn't seem to like it much either, rebuffing the painter, only to fall back into her arms.
- You know, I can say in response to this column, that for 20 years the Democrats have been rebuffing one part of the progressive agenda after another.
- The first attempt to storm the parliament was rebuffed by a volley of police tear gas.
- Liberal Democrats are often categorised as soft on crime and are used to rebuffing accusations of being soft on terrorism.
- Values that embrace social solidarity and participation were indignantly rebuffed by the new culture.
- Rejecting businesses associated with poor human rights and unfair labour practices lost it £847,000 and rebuffing organisations involved in the production of problematic chemicals cost £688,000.
- Kurdish politicians were defiant, rebuffing the Shi'ite alliance's attempts to blame them for the deadlock.
- The one attempt he makes to talk to her is rebuffed yet he's still stricken to learn she committed suicide.
- However even he had given up hope after Ferguson had rebuffed his many attempts at getting him to postpone his retirement.
- In fact, in a speech spanning an entire four sentences, she dedicated half of it to rebuffing the cynics.
- Cooley appeared in person in May to appeal that decision, but his entreaty was rebuffed.
- For the next two hours, the bold captain stayed below, eating and drinking, rebuffing nervous passengers and becoming more and more brusque and abusive to anyone who remonstrated with him.
- Even recent approaches by the US were rebuffed or sidetracked by the Indonesian government.
- However the department has rebuffed calls to criminalise those who refuse to obey the law.
- He said the party represented a threat to the country and urged people to reclaim the Republic by rebuffing the party in the elections.
- After rebuffing him, Gregory alleged, the pundit retaliated by reducing his pay and subsequently firing him.
- A draft Department of Defence letter rebuffing the president was never sent.
Synonyms reject, turn down, spurn, refuse, decline, repudiate, disdain snub, slight, repulse, repel, dismiss, brush off, turn one's back on give someone the cold shoulder, cold-shoulder, ignore, cut (dead), look right through informal give someone the brush-off, tell someone where to get off, put down, freeze out, stiff-arm British informal knock back North American informal give someone the bum's rush, give someone the brush Australian informal snout informal, dated give someone the go-by
noun rɪˈbʌfrəˈbəf An abrupt or ungracious rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture. his reserve was not intended as a rebuff mass noun callers phoning a chatline need have no fear of rebuff Example sentencesExamples - The vote - 322 against, 291 for - was a devastating rebuff.
- Sensitive to the alleged and often real rebuffs of friends, but also to the demands of ecclesiastical authority, he was often at its mercy.
- As a rebuff to those who think today's teenagers are too narrow-minded, Umay's concerns are notably wide-ranging.
- It takes effort to refuse, and besides, there's always the danger that the refusal will be interpreted as a rebuff, a betrayal of religion, and a calloused disregard for people in need.
- According to Apter, the mother-in-law is genuinely bewildered by her daughter-in-law's rebuffs of friendship.
- In an ironic rebuff to communications technologies, the bill passed the Senate by unanimous, oral vote.
- After several rebuffs, Yeda offered to pay for the cost of localization.
- Menzies' amendment was seen by some as a rebuff to the ‘non-aligned’ states.
- On a still and empty stage three men appear at the mercy of constant rebuffs.
- It might have helped if the person who fielded all our claims had been slightly less triumphant in the tone of her standard rebuff.
- Such an attitude expects no rebuffs and overlooks those it provokes.
- General readers who have stayed this far will not be surprised that, in the face of such a blatant rebuff, the Reserve Bank did nothing.
- Their joint assertion was a rebuff to the imperialists.
- The attempts by some shortsighted commanders to confine themselves to training and to leave education to officers of educational structures have met with a resolute rebuff.
- He just laughs and makes a joke out of an intended rebuff.
- This denial was an embarrassing rebuff for the Australian government.
- In what will be seen as a clear rebuff to the second request, Mr Kenny said that delaying the €176 million project until after Christmas was simply not an option.
- It could have been a rebuff to what may have been perceived as the BBC's audacious judicial stance, but several of those organisations who refused have since had athletes banned or under suspicion.
- This rebuff spurred them to think of an alternative.
- Despite my polite rebuff, Adam returned to my cell door a week later and eagerly divulged his deplorable obsession.
Synonyms rejection, snub, slight, repulse, cut refusal, spurning, repudiation, repulsion, cold-shouldering, discouragement informal brush-off, knock-back, put-down, kick in the teeth, slap in the face, smack in the face, smack in the eye
Origin Late 16th century: from obsolete French rebuffer (verb), rebuffe (noun), from Italian ri- (expressing opposition) + buffo 'a gust, puff', of imitative origin. Definition of rebuff in US English: rebuffverbrəˈbəfrəˈbəf [with object]Reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner. I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms Example sentencesExamples - The one attempt he makes to talk to her is rebuffed yet he's still stricken to learn she committed suicide.
- He said the party represented a threat to the country and urged people to reclaim the Republic by rebuffing the party in the elections.
- The first attempt to storm the parliament was rebuffed by a volley of police tear gas.
- Cooley appeared in person in May to appeal that decision, but his entreaty was rebuffed.
- For the next two hours, the bold captain stayed below, eating and drinking, rebuffing nervous passengers and becoming more and more brusque and abusive to anyone who remonstrated with him.
- Liberal Democrats are often categorised as soft on crime and are used to rebuffing accusations of being soft on terrorism.
- Its wrath, had it been rebuffed, was potentially catastrophic.
- Even recent approaches by the US were rebuffed or sidetracked by the Indonesian government.
- In fact, in a speech spanning an entire four sentences, she dedicated half of it to rebuffing the cynics.
- Rejecting businesses associated with poor human rights and unfair labour practices lost it £847,000 and rebuffing organisations involved in the production of problematic chemicals cost £688,000.
- However the department has rebuffed calls to criminalise those who refuse to obey the law.
- You know, I can say in response to this column, that for 20 years the Democrats have been rebuffing one part of the progressive agenda after another.
- Clay's efforts to locate and fix her image are rebuffed in a weary kind of manner.
- We tried desperately to obtain such an electoral pact with the Greens before the election, but we were rebuffed on every occasion.
- However even he had given up hope after Ferguson had rebuffed his many attempts at getting him to postpone his retirement.
- A draft Department of Defence letter rebuffing the president was never sent.
- Values that embrace social solidarity and participation were indignantly rebuffed by the new culture.
- After rebuffing him, Gregory alleged, the pundit retaliated by reducing his pay and subsequently firing him.
- At times, the nightclub singer doesn't seem to like it much either, rebuffing the painter, only to fall back into her arms.
- Kurdish politicians were defiant, rebuffing the Shi'ite alliance's attempts to blame them for the deadlock.
Synonyms reject, turn down, spurn, refuse, decline, repudiate, disdain
nounrəˈbəfrəˈbəf An abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture. any attempt to win her friendship was met with rebuffs Example sentencesExamples - After several rebuffs, Yeda offered to pay for the cost of localization.
- Menzies' amendment was seen by some as a rebuff to the ‘non-aligned’ states.
- According to Apter, the mother-in-law is genuinely bewildered by her daughter-in-law's rebuffs of friendship.
- On a still and empty stage three men appear at the mercy of constant rebuffs.
- He just laughs and makes a joke out of an intended rebuff.
- In an ironic rebuff to communications technologies, the bill passed the Senate by unanimous, oral vote.
- Despite my polite rebuff, Adam returned to my cell door a week later and eagerly divulged his deplorable obsession.
- This denial was an embarrassing rebuff for the Australian government.
- This rebuff spurred them to think of an alternative.
- It might have helped if the person who fielded all our claims had been slightly less triumphant in the tone of her standard rebuff.
- The vote - 322 against, 291 for - was a devastating rebuff.
- It could have been a rebuff to what may have been perceived as the BBC's audacious judicial stance, but several of those organisations who refused have since had athletes banned or under suspicion.
- It takes effort to refuse, and besides, there's always the danger that the refusal will be interpreted as a rebuff, a betrayal of religion, and a calloused disregard for people in need.
- The attempts by some shortsighted commanders to confine themselves to training and to leave education to officers of educational structures have met with a resolute rebuff.
- Such an attitude expects no rebuffs and overlooks those it provokes.
- Their joint assertion was a rebuff to the imperialists.
- Sensitive to the alleged and often real rebuffs of friends, but also to the demands of ecclesiastical authority, he was often at its mercy.
- In what will be seen as a clear rebuff to the second request, Mr Kenny said that delaying the €176 million project until after Christmas was simply not an option.
- General readers who have stayed this far will not be surprised that, in the face of such a blatant rebuff, the Reserve Bank did nothing.
- As a rebuff to those who think today's teenagers are too narrow-minded, Umay's concerns are notably wide-ranging.
Synonyms rejection, snub, slight, repulse, cut
Origin Late 16th century: from obsolete French rebuffer (verb), rebuffe (noun), from Italian ri- (expressing opposition) + buffo ‘a gust, puff’, of imitative origin. |