Rebuff
[rɪ'bʌf]
Definition
(noun.) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval).
(noun.) an instance of driving away or warding off.
(verb.) reject outright and bluntly; 'She snubbed his proposal'.
Editor: Maggie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
(n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
(v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
Typist: Maxine
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Repulse, check, opposition, resistance.
v. a. Repel, resist, reject, check, oppose.
Edited by Ethelred
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rebuke, discouragement, repulsion, check
ANT:Welcome, acceptance, encouragement
SYN:Rebuke, repel, repulse, check, snub, oppose,[See REPEL]
Inputed by Brenda
Definition
n. a. beating back: sudden check: defeat: unexpected refusal.—v.t. to beat back: to check: to repel violently: to refuse.
Checked by Douglas
Examples
- NoI think I should have sneaked past in terror of a rebuff from Disappointment: my heart throbbed now as if I already heard the tramp of her approach. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Had I been obtrusive, I knew I should have encountered rebuff. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Thou hast it, De Bracy, said Front-de-Boeuf, well pleased with the rebuff which his companion had received; the Saxon hath hit thee fairly. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The pickerel doubtless attributed to the roach all this shaking, the rebuff which he had received. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One experiment after another ended in rebuff. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Mr. Glauber went home seriously indisposed at his rebuff, took a cooling draught, and is now quite cured. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The woman's resentment of the rebuff seemed to spur her lagging ideas. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Not that Emmy, being made aware of the honest Major's passion, rebuffed him in any way, or felt displeased with him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He knew he should have to go slowly, and the instincts of his race fitted him to suffer rebuffs and put up with delays. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Still she held up, in spite of these rebuffs, and tried to make a character for herself and conquer scandal. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checker: Sandra