rebuff

[US]/rɪˈbʌf/
[UK]/rɪˈbʌf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a firm refusal; rejection; indifference
vt. to reject firmly
Word Forms
Pluralrebuffs
Present Participlerebuffing
Third Person Singularrebuffs
Past Participlerebuffed
Past Tenserebuffed

Example Sentences

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.

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