Antonyms for rebuff
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : noun ri-buhf, ree-buhf; verb ri-buhf |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun rɪˈbʌf, ˈri bʌf; verb rɪˈbʌf |
Definition of rebuff
Origin :- 1580s, from obsolete French rebuffer "to check, snub," from Italian ribuffare "to check, chide, snide," from ribuffo "a snub," from ri- "back" (from Latin re-, see re-) + buffo "a puff," of imitative origin (cf. buffet (v.)). Related: Rebuffed; rebuffing.
- noun turning away; ignoring
- verb turn away; give the cold shoulder
- Subconsciously his busy ego was finding solace after last night's rebuff.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Grant grinned at Miss Georgie, forgetting for the moment his rebuff that morning.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- At the house of an old lady of seventy, a paralytic, the rebuff was of a different kind.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- Kate pretended to be angry at the rebuff, and pouted her lips, but her eyes were beaming.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- Twas as though he must suffer the rebuff with no offended question.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
- Yet even from this rebuff he managed to deftly extract a compliment.
- Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask
- Madame Beattie seemed not to suspect the possibility of rebuff.
- Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
- People do fear a rebuff wonderfully, and all her audacity was in her thoughts.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- Our hero left this store a little disheartened by his second rebuff.
- Extract from : « The Cash Boy » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- Tricotrin, indifferent to the hint as to the rebuff, looked at him amusedly.
- Extract from : « Wisdom, Wit, and Pathos of Ouida » by Ouida
Synonyms for rebuff
- beat off
- brush off
- brushoff
- check
- chide
- cold shoulder
- cross
- cut
- decline
- defeat
- denial
- deny
- disallow
- discourage
- discouragement
- dismiss
- disregard
- fend off
- go-by
- hard time
- hold off
- ignore
- insult
- keep at a distance
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- kick in the teeth
- lash out at
- neglect
- nix
- not hear of
- nothing doing
- oppose
- opposition
- pass up
- push back
- put in one's place
- put off
- rebuke
- refusal
- refuse
- reject
- rejection
- repel
- reprimand
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- send away
- slight
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- tell off
- thumbs down
- turn down
- turndown
- ward off
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