as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met
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as in to spurn
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Recent Examples of rebuff
Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
During a Fox News interview Friday evening, Zelenskyy reiterated his appreciation of U.S. support but rebuffed calls to apologize for his comments at the White House.
—F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, meanwhile, has flat-out refused to give up Tehran’s nuclear program and rebuffed Trump’s outreach.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Khamenei rebuffed the outreach Saturday during a meeting with government and military officials.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Justice Department officials have thus far rebuffed the unusual request by Mr. Martin, a partisan ally of President Trump with no previous prosecutorial experience, one of those people said.
—Glenn Thrush, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2025
During a Fox News interview Friday evening, Zelenskyy reiterated his appreciation of U.S. support but rebuffed calls to apologize for his comments at the White House.
—F. Brinley Bruton, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei, meanwhile, has flat-out refused to give up Tehran’s nuclear program and rebuffed Trump’s outreach.
—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Khamenei rebuffed the outreach Saturday during a meeting with government and military officials.
—Luke Garrett, NPR, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuff
Noun
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Strickland also revealed that other WWE personnel had informed him this member had generated significant backstage heat, likely contributing to their collective dismissal.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Anti-SLAPP laws are statutes that provide a substantive right of a person to an early dismissal of causes of action brought against them with the effect of silencing or punishing their First Amendment (and corresponding state constitutional) rights to freedom of speech and to petition.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Corbin Burnes spurned the Baltimore Orioles to move closer to home and play for the Arizona Diamondbacks.—
Dan Freedman,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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Two spurned lovers with tech connections make appearances.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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No snub deserved to get into the tournament more than the Mountaineers.—
Joe Kozlowski,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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See the full list of nominees here — and some notable snubs here.—
Lucia Suarez Sang,
CBS News,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In recent weeks, protesters have been holding demonstrations at Tesla showrooms, and Tesla owners have been subjected to scorn and even online doxxing.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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If Rodgers scorns the Giants and signs elsewhere, that would likely land Schoen and Daboll on Option C: the Steelers’ Russell Wilson.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
10 Mar. 2025
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Larger than life, his creation repulses and torments him, and Victor spends the rest of his life both running from it and trying to destroy it.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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The optical, stop-motion, and puppetry effects alone should make Brain Damage a priority on your watchlist, but Henenlotter’s film excites and repulses on a deeper level.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
Verb
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For his second presidential term, Donald Trump stacked his health team with men who disdain the medical consensus.—
Ezekiel J. Emanuel,
The Atlantic,
4 Mar. 2025
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Musk is a fellow who disdains the National Endowment for Democracy and hails the AfD in Germany.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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After mulling a proposal from the leaders of the men’s and women’s tennis tours to restructure the sport, the people in charge of the four Grand Slams have sent back a terse rejection that leaves the sport’s future in a state of paralysis.—
Matthew Futterman,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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Vidal emphasized that familial rejection—especially over something so personal and immutable—can have lasting consequences.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The company must take the job listing down and reject all the candidates that applied.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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In May 2023, in an election monitored by USA Hockey, CAHA members rejected Kanai in favor of the association’s new president, Brian Smith, who promptly terminated Schaffer.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Rebuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuff. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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