rebuff

rebuff an invitation from sb.

Her efforts were met with a sharp rebuff.

the rebuff did little to dampen his ardour.

Repeated rebuffs couldn't extinguish my enthusiasm.

Her rebuff thoroughly deflated him.

He avoided speaking to her, expecting a rebuff.

My father was too proud to risk a rebuff, so he simply did not ask her.

she met some rebuffs from people she had counted as her friends.

I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms.

She suffered a rebuff from her manager when she raised the matter.