Rebuff

Definitions: Rebuff

Rebuff

Noun

1. A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval).

2. An instance of driving away or warding off.

Verb

1. Reject outright and bluntly.

2. Force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rebuff" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Rebuff

Disapprobation

Reprehension, remonstrance, expostulation, reproof, reprobation, admonition, increpation, reproach; rebuke, reprimand, castigation, jobation, lecture, curtain lecture, blow up, wigging, dressing, rating, scolding, trimming; correction, set down, rap on the knuckles, coup de bec, rebuff; slap, slap on the face; home thrust, hit; frown, scowl, black look.

Discourtesy

Scowl, black looks, frown; short answer, rebuff; hard words, contumely; unparliamentary language, personality.

Failure

Repulse, rebuff, defeat, rout, overthrow, discomfiture; beating, drubbing; quietus, nonsuit, subjugation; checkmate, stalemate, fool's mate.

Recoil

Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Declinature; peremptory refusal, flat refusal, point blank refusal; repulse, rebuff; discountenance.

Resistance

Repulse, rebuff.

Crosswords: Rebuff

Expression using "rebuff": meet with a rebuff. Additional references.

Albanian

rezistoj (dispute, endure, fend, hold out, rebel, resist, tolerate, withstand), rezistencë (drag, endurance, resistance, resistor, stand, toughness), refuzoj (debar, decline, deny, disallow, disavow, disclaim, negative, override, overrule, rat, refuse, reject, relinquish, renounce, spurn, throw over, thumb down, withhold), refuzim (denial, disallowance, disclaimer, disclamation, nay, negative, no, refusal, rejection, renouncement, repulse, set down, spurn), mossukses i papritur, kundërshtim (censure, challenge, contradiction, contrast, demur, demurrer, deprecation, dispraise, exception, kick, objection, obtestation, opposition, protest, reaction, rebellion, rebuttal, recalcitrance, retort, return, set down, Stonewall, stonewalling). (various references)

Arabic 

‏وبخ (berate, blame, carpet, castigate, check, chide, dish up, dress down, jaw, lash, moralize, quarrel, rail, raspberry, rebuke, reprehend, reproach, reprove, scold, scotch, show up, slag, slate, snub, strafe, take to task, take up, task, tell off, tick off, tickle, upbraid), ‏زجر (snap, snub, squash), ‏عامل بخشونة (manhandle), ‏صد (alienation, baffle, balk, baulk, bear down, beat, beat off, blast, estop, estoppel, exclusion, fend, fend off, fight off, hit, hit back, hold off, jolt, kick, negative, parry, poach, push, push aside, push back, quash, repel, repudiate, repulse, repulsion, return, riposte, snub, spurn, stamp down, stave, stay, stay away, stem, throwback, toss, turn away, ward, ward off), ‏رفض (decline, defy, denial, denied, deny, disallow, disapproval, disapprove, dismiss, ignore, negate, negation, negative, nix, objection, odium, overrule, pass up, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renouncement, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repudiation, repulse, scorn, set aside, throw out, throw over, toss, turn down), ‏رد (answer, answer back, beat, counter, disallow, drive back, pay, pay back, put off, rebound, rebut, rebuttal, rejoinder, render, repay, repayment, repercussion, reply, respond, response, retrieve, return, reverberate, reversion, riposte, spurn, turn away). (various references)

Bulgarian 

срязване (put down, rake, repulse, set down, shear, shearing, squelch), срязвам (cut, detruncate, repulse, scissor, scotch, set down, shear, snub, squelch), отхвърлям (abnegate, avoid, cast away, cast down, challenge, decline, demur, deny, disallow, disclaim, dismiss, except, exclude, fling away, ignore, kiss off, negative, override, proscribe, rebut, refuse, refute, renounce, repudiate, scout, set aside, throw back, throw down, throw off, throw out, toss away, toss over, vote down, wash out, wave aside), отказвам (decline, deny, misfire, negative, protest, refuse, thumb down), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, reject, repulse, resist, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), отпор (letdown, repulse, resistance, set down, stand), неочаквана пречка, неочакван отказ. (various references)

Chinese 

�'绝 (Rebuffed, Rebuffing, refusal, Refused, Refusing, rejected, Rejecting, rejection, repudiation), 回絕 . (various references)

Czech

odmítnutí (adamant, brush off, denial, nay, refusal, rejection, repulse), odmítnout (decline, deny, impeach, kill, refuse, reject, renege, repel, repudiate, repulse, snub, turn down, wave aside), odbytí (brush off, snub). (various references)

Dutch

afpoeieren (put off, send about his business). (various references)

Esperanto

forsendi ĝentile (put off, send about his business). (various references)

Farsi 

منع (Deterrence, Interdict, Obstruction, Prohibition, Proscription, Restraint, Restriction, Snub, Stop, Stoppage, Veto), جلوگیری کردن (Arrest, Intercept, Keep, Prevent), ردکردن (Balk, Confute, Controvert, Decline, Deny, Disallow, Disapprove, Disavow, Disclaim, Disown, Disprove, Gainsay, Ignore, Impugn, Overrule, Rebut, Refuse, Refute, Rejcet, Repel, Repudiate, Veto), رد (Denial, Disavow, Disavowal, Disproof, Exception, Rebuttal, Refusal, Rejection, Repulse, Veto), دفع (Exclusion, Excretion, Expultion, Propulsion, Rebuttal, Repercussion, Repulse). (various references)

Finnish

sysätä luotaan (push away, repulse). (various references)

French

repousser (rebuke, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse), refus (refusal, reject, rejection, rejects, repulse, residue, retained fraction), rebuffade (repulse), rabrouer. (various references)

German

schroffe abweisung, korb (basket, basket hilt, cage, cradle, creel, fyke net, hamper, hive, pannier, phellem, pot, reed basket, refusal, spinner basket, wicker), abfuhr erteilen (snub), abfuhr (brush off, carriage, delivery, exhaust system, hauling, outlet, put down, removal, snub), abfertigung (check in, checking, clearance, dealing with, processing, service, snub). (various references)

Greek 

άρνηση (denial, disallowance, disavowal, disclaimer, negation, negative, NOT operation, refusal), αρνούμαι (abnegate, dcline, decline, deny, disavow, disclaim, gainsay, negate, negative, refuse), αντικρούω (confute, contravene, controvert, counter to, impugn, oppose, oppugn, rebut, refute, rejoin, stem, thwart, traverse, withstand), αντίσταση (drug resistance, durability, electrical impedance, impedance, opposition, resist, resistance, resistor, strength), αποποιούμαι (abnegate, disclaim, renounce, repulse). (various references)

Hebrew 

לסרב (decline, defy, refuse), �"חי�" בוט�". (various references)

Hungarian

visszautasítás (decided refusal, denial, disclaimer, no, noes, non-acceptance, refusal, reject, rejection, repudiation, set down, smack in the face, snub, spurn, traverse, traversing). (various references)

Italian

ripulsa (denial, disavowal, rejection, repulse, spurn), rifiuto (cancellation, denial, disaffirmation, disallowance, disavowal, dross, junk, nay, no, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, repulse, spurn, waste), dare un rifiuto. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

肘鉄� � (a shot of the elbow, rejection), 肘鉄 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ひじでっぽう (a shot of the elbow, rejection), ひじてつ. (various references)

Manx

floutyragh, flout (affront, aspersion, gibe, invective, rebuttal, reproach, scorn, slander, snub, stigma, taunt, vituperation), cur flout da. (various references)

Pig Latin

ebuffray

Portuguese

repulsa (detestation, disallowance, odium, rejection, repulse, repulsion), repelir (abrogate, beat off, fight pollution, foil, put back, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, resist, stave off, ward off), rejeitar (cast off, condemn, confute, daff, deny, disapprove, disavow, discard, discern, disclaim, get up the better, negative, overrule, pill, pip, put by, rebut, refuse, reject, renounce, repel, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, throw out, turn down), recusar com desprezo (spurn), recusa (blinding, denegation, denial, disallowance, impulse, negation, no, non-conducting, refusal, refuse, rejection), receber mal, mau acolhimento, malogro (abortion, defeat, dud, failure, fiasco, frustration, miscalculate, miscarriage, Miss, shipwreck), contravapor. (various references)

Romanian

respinge (alienate, beat back, blackball, cast away, check, confute, decline, deny, disaffirm, discard, disprove, except, fend, force back, kill, leave, negate, negative, overrule, plough, rebut, recess, refuse, refute, reject, relinquish, repel, repudiate, repugn, repulse, return, throw out), refuza categoric, refuz (declination, denial, nay, negative, no, refusal, rejection, repudiation), recul (kick, rebound, recession, recoil), insucces (abortion, bad job, failure, flop, licking, Miss, plough), eşec (abortion, check, defeat, discomfiture, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, fizzle, flop, lame duck, miscarriage, naught, repulsion, set back, wash out), aruncare înapoi. (various references)

Russian 

резко отказывать, резкий отказ (setdown), отпор (repulse, setdown, set-down), неудача (abortion, adverseness, bad, bad luck, crab, down, dud, fail, failing, failure, fiasco, hard luck, hoodoo, ill fortune, ill success, ill-luck, mischance, misfortune, mishap, no go, reverse, rot, setback, washout), давать отпор (rebut). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

otpor (counteraction, counterwork, impedance, opposition, resistance, set down, setdown, stand), odbiti (cast aside, counter, decline, deduct, deny, disallow, dock, drive back, fend off, fight off, keep off, knock off, overrule, parry, reflect, refuse, reject, repel, repudiate, repulse, stave off, strike up, throw back, turn away, turn back, turn down, ward off, wean), oštro odbijanje, dati korpu. (various references)

Spanish

desaire (slap in the face, slight, snub). (various references)

Swedish

snäsa av (cut, snap, snub). (various references)

Thai

บอกปั�" (reject), การบอกปั�". (various references)

Turkish

ret (defeat, denial, disallowance, disavowal, nay, negation, negative, no, refusal, refutation, rejection, repudiation, veto), terslemek (scold, send to the rightabout, snap, snub), ters cevap vermek, ters cevap (counterblast, unkind answer), geri çevirmek (decline, fall down, refuse, reject, repel, repulse, reverse, spurn, turn away, turn back), geri çevirme (declination, rejecting, repulse, turning back). (various references)

Turkmen 

gaяtawul (repulse). (various references)

Ukranian 

відсіч (check, repulse), відмовляти навідріз, відбиття (projection, reflection, reflex, reflexion, repulsion, reverberation, shedding), відивати. (various references)

repulsa. (various references)

ribuffare. (various references)

rebuffer. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "rebuff": rebuffed, rebuffing, rebuffs. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rebuff" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: leboff, rebiff, rebu, rebuf, rebuffal, Rouff, Ru'uf. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: buffer.

-1 letter: ruffe.

-2 letters: buff, rube, ruff.

-3 letters: bur, eff, fer, feu, fub, fur, reb, ref, rub, rue, urb.

-4 letters: be, ef, er, re.

+1 letter: bluffer, buffers, buffier, rebuffs.

+2 letters: bluffers, buffered, buffeter, rebuffed.

+3 letters: buffering, buffeters, febrifuge, rebuffing.

+4 letters: breadstuff, buffoonery, febrifuges, sufferable, sufferably, unbuffered.

+5 letters: breadstuffs.

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