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rebuff

noun
/ɹɪˈbʌf//ɹiːˈbʌf/

Etymology

From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.

  1. derived from ribuffare
  2. derived from rebuffer
  3. borrowed from rebuffer

Definitions

  1. A sudden resistance or refusal.

    • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.

  2. Repercussion, or beating back.

    • the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud

  3. To refuse

    To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

    • The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.
    • Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.”
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To buff again.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA