rebuff
noun/rɪˈbʌf/
/rɪˈbʌf/
(formal)- an act of unkindly refusing a friendly offer, request or suggestion
- Her offer of help was met with a sharp rebuff.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- In a rebuff to the president, Congress voted against the bill.
- My father was too proud to risk a rebuff, so he simply did not ask her.
- She suffered a rebuff from her manager when she raised the matter.
- The party suffered a humiliating electoral rebuff in 1945.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- sharp
- humiliating
- electoral
- …
- meet (something) with
- receive
- suffer
- …
- a rebuff to
- rebuff from
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from obsolete French rebuffer (verb), rebuffe (noun), from Italian ri- (expressing opposition) + buffo ‘a gust, puff’, of imitative origin.Want to learn more?
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