Thesaurus: rebuff

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1. n. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
2. n. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
3. v. t. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
4. n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
5. n. an instance of driving away or warding off
6. v. reject outright and bluntly
7. v. force or drive back
8. 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton. 2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
9. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repelor repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
10. n:16/v:84 n. a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) n. an instance of driving away or warding off v. reject outright and bluntly