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The Meaning of rebuff

  • (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance.
  • (n.) Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
  • (v. t.) To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.

Synonyms

slight , snub , repulse , snub , repel , repel , repulse , fight off , drive back

Rhymes

acuff , bluff , bruff , buff , chuff , cluff , cuff , cuffe , duff , dyestuff , earmuff , enough , fisticuff , fluff , foodstuff , gruff , guff , handcuff , hough , huff , leboeuf , lebouef , luff , macduff , mcduff , mcgeough , mcgough , muff , overstuff , pluff , puff , rough , ruf , ruff , schuff , scottsbluff , scruff , scuff , shuff , slough , sluff , snuff , stough , stuff , tough , tuff