rebuffverb [ T ]
uk/rɪˈbʌf/us/rɪˈbʌf/formalto refuse to accept a helpful suggestion or offer from someone, often by answering in an unfriendly way:
She rebuffed all suggestions that she should resign.
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Refusing & rejecting
- abnegate
- blow
- bugger
- damned
- demur
- derecognize
- disclaim
- door
- override
- react against sth
- refusal
- shoot
- shun
- sit
- sit sth out
- throw
- throw sth out
- veto
- vote sth down
- wash
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rebuff
noun [ C ] ukus
Her desperate request for help was met with a rebuff.