rebuff

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A sudden resistance or refusal.
2. Repercussion, or beating back.

Verb

To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.

Verb

To buff again.

Conceptos

desaire

repulsa

rechazar

despreciar

desairar

rechazo

resoplido

desasistir

despachaderas

desprecio

feo

repulsar

Sinónimos

repulse

snub

reject

refusal

rejection

refuse

repel

spurn

fight off

decline

drive back

negative

denial

deny

turn away

check

slight

abnegate

prevention

block

repudiate

ward off

misfortune

rebuke

fend

fend off

fob off

forfend

gainsay

halt

humiliate

impedance

impugn

keep

negate

negation

oppose

opposition

oppugn

parry

pass up

preclude

push back

rebut

refute

rejoin

renounce

repress

repression

reprobation

reproof

repudiation

repulsion

resistance

resistor

retort

reverse

save

scorn

slap in the face

snout

spring

standoff

stave off

stem

sweep away

sweep up

thwart

traverse

turndown

turn down

underrate

whisk

wipe up

withstand

counter to

freeze off

thrust away

forefend

slap on the face

naysaying

knock-back

slap in the eye

thrust from one

abstinence

avert

averting

balkiness

beat back

belittle

blocking

brush-off

cast

comeuppance

confute

contravene

controvert

defend oneself

deflect

disallowance

disavow

disavowal

disclaim

disclaimer

dismiss

dismissal

failure

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɹɪˈbʌf/

Etimología (Inglés)

From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.