rebuff
[verb]
Synonyms:
- reject, cold-shoulder, cut, knock back (slang), refuse, repulse, slight, snub, spurn, turn down
[noun]
Synonyms:
- rejection, cold shoulder, kick in the teeth (slang), knock-back (slang), refusal, repulse, slap in the face (informal), slight, snub

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Related Idioms: give the cold shoulder

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English Thesaurus: refuse, say no, turn somebody/something down, reject, decline, ...

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

re‧buff /rɪˈbʌf/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1500-1600; Origin: Early French rebuffer, from Old Italian ribuffare 'to criticize angrily']
formal an unkind or unfriendly answer to a friendly suggestion or offer of help Synonym : snub:
He received a humiliating rebuff from his manager.
—rebuff verb [transitive]:
He rebuffed all her suggestions.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

rebuff
noun
ADJ. harsh, sharp, stinging | humiliating
VERB + REBUFF meet (sth) with, receive, suffer Her efforts were met with a sharp rebuff.
risk My father was too proud to risk a rebuff, so he simply did not ask her.
expect He avoided speaking to her, expecting a rebuff.
accept | ignore
PREP. (in) a ~ to In a rebuff to the president, Congress voted against the bill.
~ from She suffered a rebuff from her manager when she raised the matter.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

refuse to say firmly that you will not do something that someone has asked you to do:
I asked the bank for a loan, but they refused.
When they refused to leave, we had to call the police.
say no spoken to say that you will not do something when someone asks you:
They asked me so nicely that I couldn’t really say no.
turn somebody/something down to refuse to accept an offer or invitation, or a formal request:
They offered me the job but I turned it down.
The board turned down a request for $25,000 to sponsor an art exhibition.
I’ve already been turned down by three colleges.
reject to refuse to accept an idea, offer, suggestion, or plan:
They rejected the idea because it would cost too much money.
The Senate rejected a proposal to limit the program to two years.
decline formal to politely refuse to accept an offer or invitation, or refuse to do something:
She has declined all offers of help.
A palace spokesman declined to comment on the rumours.
deny to refuse to allow someone to do something or enter somewhere:
They were denied permission to publish the book.
He was denied access to the US.
veto to officially refuse to allow a law or plan, or to refuse to accept someone’s suggestion:
Congress vetoed the bill.
The suggestion was quickly vetoed by the other members of the team.
disallow to officially refuse to accept something because someone has broken the rules, or not done it in the correct way:
The goal was disallowed by the referee.
The court decided to disallow his evidence.
rebuff formal to refuse to accept someone’s offer, request, or suggestion:
The company raised its offer to $6 billion, but was rebuffed.
He was politely rebuffed when he suggested holding the show in Dublin.
give somebody/something the thumbs down informal to refuse to allow or accept a plan or suggestion:
The plan was given the thumbs down by the local authority.
They gave us the thumbs down.
rubbish especially British English things that people throw away, such as old food, dirty paper etc:
People are being encouraged to recycle their household rubbish.
the rubbish bin
garbage/trash American English rubbish:
The garbage is collected every Tuesday.
There were piles of trash in the backyard.
a black plastic garbage bag
litter empty bottles, pieces of paper etc that people have dropped on the ground:
Parents should teach children not to drop litter.
There was a lot of litter on the beach.
waste rubbish, or materials that need to be dealt with after they have been used in industrial processes:
nuclear waste
toxic waste
household waste
The company was fined for dumping toxic waste in the sea.

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