Need another word that means the same as “rebuff”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “rebuff” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Rebuff” are: drive back, fight off, repel, repulse, snub, reject, turn down, spurn, refuse, decline, repudiate, disdain, slight, rejection, cut
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rebuff” as a noun can have the following definitions:
| cut | An act of cutting part of a book play etc. The mayor proposed extensive cuts in the city budget. |
| rejection | An immunological response that refuses to accept substances or organisms that are recognized as foreign. Some people are reluctant to try it because they fear rejection. |
| repulse | The action of driving back an attack or of being driven back. His evasion of her scheme had been another repulse. |
| slight | A deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval. An unintended slight can create grudges. |
| snub | A refusal to recognize someone you know. The move was a snub to the government. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “rebuff” as a verb can have the following definitions:
| decline | Go down. The roof declines here. |
| disdain | Look down on with disdain. She remained standing pointedly disdaining his invitation to sit down. |
| drive back | Hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally. |
| fight off | Fight against or resist strongly. |
| refuse | Refuse to let have. I refused to answer. |
| reject | Reject with contempt. Black people were often rejected by country clubs. |
| repel | Be repellent to cause aversion in. She was repelled by the permanent smell of drink on his breath. |
| repudiate | Refuse to fulfil or discharge (an agreement, obligation, or debt. She repudiated the accusations. |
| repulse | Cause to feel intense distaste and aversion. She left feeling hurt because she had been repulsed. |
| snub | Rebuff, ignore, or spurn disdainfully. He snubbed faculty members and students alike. |
| spurn | Strike, tread, or push away with the foot. He spoke gruffly as if afraid that his invitation would be spurned. |
| turn down | Channel one’s attention, interest, thought, or attention toward or away from something. |
| abnegation | The denial and rejection of a doctrine or belief. Abnegation of political power. |
| contempt | A manner that is generally disrespectful and contemptuous. Pam stared at the girl with total contempt. |
| controvert | Argue about (something. Subsequent work from the same laboratory controverted these results. |
| curse | Invoke or use a curse against. A witch put a curse on his whole family. |
| deniable | Able to be denied. The government did agree to play a limited and deniable role in the rebellion. |
| disapprobation | An expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable. She braved her mother s disapprobation and slipped out to enjoy herself. |
| disapproval | The expression of disapproval. Jill replied with a hint of disapproval in her voice. |
| disapprove | Consider bad or wrong. Bob strongly disapproved of drinking and driving. |
| disavowal | The denial of any responsibility or support for something; repudiation. His disavowal of his previous writings. |
| disgust | Fill with distaste. The sight filled her with disgust. |
| dislike | Have or feel a dislike or distaste for. They had taken a dislike to each other. |
| disregard | Give little or no attention to. Blatant disregard for the law. |
| eliminate | Eliminate from the body. A policy that would eliminate inflation. |
| flatten | Strike (someone) so as to make them fall down. Her hair had been flattened by the storm. |
| hatred | The emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action. His murderous hatred of his brother. |
| ignore | Fail to consider (something significant. The rules ignore one important principle of cricket. |
| inconsistency | The fact or state of being inconsistent. The inconsistency between his expressed attitudes and his actual behaviour. |
| nauseate | Upset and make nauseated. They were nauseated by the jingoism. |
| neglect | The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern. He neglects his children. |
| objection | The act of protesting; a public (often organized) manifestation of dissent. They have raised no objections to the latest plans. |
| reject | The person or thing that is rejected or set aside as inferior in quality. She didn t want him to feel he had been rejected after his sister was born. |
| repel | Be repellent to cause aversion in. Repel the attacker. |
| repellent | Causing disgust or distaste. The idea was slightly repellent to her. |
| repulse | Cause to feel intense distaste and aversion. The repulse of the invaders. |
| repulsion | A force under the influence of which objects tend to move away from each other, e.g. through having the same magnetic polarity or electric charge. People talk about the case with a mixture of fascination and repulsion. |
| resist | Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ. The trees resisted her. |
| revulsion | A sense of disgust and loathing. News of the attack will be met with sorrow and revulsion. |
| snub | An act of rebuffing or ignoring someone or something. She snubbed his proposal. |
| spurn | An act of spurning. With one touch of my feet I spurn the solid Earth. |
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