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)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) rejection (the speech act of rejecting)
• derivationally related form

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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame