Synonyms for rebuffed
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : noun ri-buhf, ree-buhf; verb ri-buhf |
| Phonetic Transcription : noun rɪˈbʌf, ˈri bʌf; verb rɪˈbʌf |
Top 10 synonyms for rebuffed Other synonyms for the word rebuffed
- beat off
- brush off
- check
- cross
- cut
- decline
- disallow
- discourage
- hold off
- keep at a distance
- keep at arm's length
- keep at bay
- lash out at
- neglect
- not hear of
- pass up
- push back
- put in one's place
- put off
- repel
- reprove
- repudiate
- repulse
- resist
- send away
- slight
- snub
- spurn
- stave off
- tell off
- turn down
- ward off
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for rebuffed
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