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Definition of Rebuff
1. Noun. A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval).
Generic synonyms: Discourtesy, Offence, Offense, Offensive Activity
Specialized synonyms: Cold Shoulder, Cut, Snub, Silent Treatment
Derivative terms: Slight
2. Verb. Reject outright and bluntly. "She snubbed his proposal"
Generic synonyms: Disdain, Freeze Off, Pooh-pooh, Reject, Scorn, Spurn, Turn Down
Derivative terms: Snub
3. Noun. An instance of driving away or warding off.
4. Verb. Force or drive back. "Rebuff the attack"
Generic synonyms: Defend, Fight, Fight Back, Fight Down, Oppose
Derivative terms: Repulsive, Repulse, Repulsion
Definition of Rebuff
1. n. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
2. v. t. To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
Definition of Rebuff
1. Noun. A sudden resistance or refusal. ¹
2. Verb. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. ¹
3. Verb. To buff again. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rebuff
1. to reject or refuse curtly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebuff
Literary usage of Rebuff
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1853)
"Dispute about toleration—Johnson's rebuff to Goldsmith—hia apology.—Man-worship.—Doctors
Major and Minor.—A farewell visit. A FEW days after the serio-comic ..."
2. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1851)
"Dispute about toleration —Johnson's rebuff to Goldsmith—his apology.—Man-worship.—Doctors
Major and Minor.—A farewell visit. ..."
3. The Works of Washington Irving by Washington Irving (1861)
"Johnson's rebuff to Goldsmith—his apology.—Man-worship.—Doctors Major and Minor.—A
farewell visit. A FEW days after the serio-comic scene of the elevation ..."
4. Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis by Benjamin Perley Poore (1886)
"... REVIEWING STAND—GENERAL SHERMAN AND THE DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI— rebuff
GIVEN BY GENERAL SHERMAN TO SECRETARY STANTON— SHERMAN'S BUMMERS. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"In a minor point they bad experienced a rebuff. They had done, as true Presbyterians,
all they could to induce the assembly to sit on Christmas Day, ..."
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