rebuff
noun
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L326441 on Wikidata ↗verb
- reject, spurn
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ / /ɹiːˈbʌf/
noun
Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.
- A sudden resistance or refusal.
“He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.”
“And it is symptomatic of the many paradoxes of Lederer's life that of all the people in the room, Brotherhood is the one whom he would most wish to serve, if ever he had the opportunity, even though — or perhaps because — his occasional efforts to ingratiate himself with his adopted hero have met with iron rebuff.”
- Repercussion, or beating back.
“the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud”
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English buff English rebuff From re- + buff.
- To buff again.