REBUFF as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
   Synonym(s)
   • slight (what does slight mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) rebuff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • discourtesy (what does discourtesy mean?)
   • offense (what does offense mean?)
   • offence (what does offence mean?)
   • offensive activity (what does offensive activity mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • cut (what does cut mean?)
   • cold shoulder (what does cold shoulder mean?)
   • silent treatment (what does silent treatment mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • slight (what does slight mean?)
   • cold-shoulder (what does cold-shoulder mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
2. Meaning
   • an instance of driving away or warding off
   Synonym(s)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) rebuff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • rejection (what does rejection mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • drive (what does drive mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • force back (what does force back mean?)
   • push back (what does push back mean?)
   • beat back (what does beat back mean?)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • fight off (what does fight off mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • drive back (what does drive back mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • fight off (what does fight off mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • drive back (what does drive back mean?)

REBUFF as VERB

1. Meaning
   • reject outright and bluntly
   Synonym(s)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • She snubbed his proposal
   Hypernyms(s) rebuff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • reject (what does reject mean?)
   • spurn (what does spurn mean?)
   • freeze off (what does freeze off mean?)
   • scorn (what does scorn mean?)
   • pooh-pooh (what does pooh-pooh mean?)
   • disdain (what does disdain mean?)
   • turn down (what does turn down mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • slight (what does slight mean?)
2. Meaning
   • force or drive back
   Synonym(s)
   • drive back (what does drive back mean?)
   • fight off (what does fight off mean?)
   • repel (what does repel mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • repel the attacker
   • fight off the onslaught
   • rebuff the attack
   Hypernyms(s) rebuff is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • fight (what does fight mean?)
   • oppose (what does oppose mean?)
   • fight back (what does fight back mean?)
   • fight down (what does fight down mean?)
   • defend (what does defend mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • rebuff (what does rebuff mean?)
   • snub (what does snub mean?)
   • repulse (what does repulse mean?)
   • repulsion (what does repulsion mean?)
   • standoff (what does standoff mean?)