Sekirov Dictionary

rebuff

/ɹɪˈbʌf/

noun 2
verb 1
/ɹiːˈbʌf/ verb 1
forms 3

noun2

•
A sudden resistance or refusal.
- He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
Repercussion, or beating back.

verb1

•
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
- The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart. — 2021

rebuff

/ɹiːˈbʌf/

verb1

To buff again.

forms

rebuffed · rebuffing · rebuffs

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