Antonyms for rebuffed

Grammar : Verb

Spell : noun ri-buhf, ree-buhf; verb ri-buhf

Phonetic Transcription : noun rɪˈbʌf, ˈri bʌf; verb rɪˈbʌf

Definition of rebuffed

Origin : 1580s, from obsolete French rebuffer "to check, snub," from Italian ribuffare "to check, chide, snide," from ribuffo "a snub," from ri- "back" (from Latin re-, see re-) + buffo "a puff," of imitative origin (cf. buffet (v.)). Related: Rebuffed; rebuffing.

verb turn away; give the cold shoulder

Example sentences :

I wish you were more friendly, but I care for you too much to be rebuffed by a trifle.
Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill

Margaret had given instructions that no one who mentioned her name should ever be rebuffed.
Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster

He wanted to ask him a question but hesitated fearing that he would be rebuffed.
Extract from : « Negro Migration during the War » by Emmett J. Scott

To be rebuffed the very first time he spoke to a woman in the Casino!
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

It was not her place to make advances, all too likely to be rebuffed.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester

If she spoke to her chum, she was almost sure to be rebuffed.
Extract from : « Marjorie Dean » by Pauline Lester

Mascarin had often been rebuffed, but never so cruelly as this.
Extract from : « Caught In The Net » by Emile Gaboriau

Rebuffed by the janitors, Pinchas haughtily asked for Goldwater.
Extract from : « Ghetto Comedies » by Israel Zangwill

Would she have rebuffed him so ungraciously with her lips as with the pen?
Extract from : « In The Fire Of The Forge, Complete » by Georg Ebers

Probably he had tried to satisfy his curiosity about them and had been rebuffed.
Extract from : « Smugglers' Reef » by John Blaine

Synonyms for rebuffed

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