Noun

• S: (n) rebuff, slight (a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval))
• S: (n) rebuff, snub, repulse (an instance of driving away or warding off)
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• S: (n) rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
• S: (n) repudiation, renunciation (rejecting or disowning or disclaiming as invalid) "Congressional repudiation of the treaty that the President had negotiated"
• S: (n) rebuff, snub, repulse (an instance of driving away or warding off)
• S: (n) short shrift, summary treatment (a brief and unsympathetic rejection) "they made short shrift of my request"
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) rebuff [Related to: rebuff] (force or drive back) "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
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• S: (v) repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back (force or drive back) "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"
• W: (v) snub [Related to: snub] (reject outright and bluntly) "She snubbed his proposal"
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• W: (v) repulse [Related to: repulse] (cause to move back by force or influence) "repel the enemy"; "push back the urge to smoke"; "beat back the invaders"
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• W: (v) repulse [Related to: repulse] (force or drive back) "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

Verb

• S: (v) rebuff, snub, repel (reject outright and bluntly) "She snubbed his proposal"
• S: (v) repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back (force or drive back) "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"