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
Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
There are a number of love stories here — Joe and Sugar figuring out if romance can conquer deception, Joe and Jerry testing their lifelong bond in the face of major personal change, and Daphne rebuffing and then reconsidering the effervescent millionaire Osgood (Edward Juvier).
—Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court’s refusal to get involved comes after all three levels of New York’s state court system similarly rebuffed Trump.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
The film rebuffs despair by using art not just to preserve present-day realities but also to imagine a future.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Verb
The questions were initially rebuffed by a Harris political appointee.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
There are a number of love stories here — Joe and Sugar figuring out if romance can conquer deception, Joe and Jerry testing their lifelong bond in the face of major personal change, and Daphne rebuffing and then reconsidering the effervescent millionaire Osgood (Edward Juvier).
—Chad Jones, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
The Supreme Court’s refusal to get involved comes after all three levels of New York’s state court system similarly rebuffed Trump.
—Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 9 Jan. 2025
The film rebuffs despair by using art not just to preserve present-day realities but also to imagine a future.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuff
Noun
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The Saints went on a seven-game losing streak after that hot start which led to the eventual dismissal of Saints head coach Dennis Allen.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
The Athletic,
27 Jan. 2025
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Spared in this round of dismissals, however, was Michael Horowitz, the longtime Justice Department inspector general who has issued reports on assorted politically explosive criminal investigations over the last decade.—
Zeke Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump's pick spurns the recommendations of two bipartisan commissions who recommended in 2015 and earlier this year that the next president choose someone outside the agency to serve as director.—
Nicole Sganga,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving had just spurned them for the cross-borough Nets.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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For Elle's January 2025 cover story, the lifestyle mogul, 83, sat down for an interview with Pamela Anderson, 57, to discuss aging as a woman, Anderson's awards season — including her The Last Showgirl Oscar snub — and each of their respective new books.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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But with Ichiro's snub, Jeter said the voters should be held accountable for their actions.—
Ryan Morik,
Fox News,
24 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Trump has long scorned the very notion of domestic extremism, dismissing it as overblown or invented.—
Will Carless,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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After the Iron Curtain fell, tennis exploded in the former communist countries, where tennis had long been scorned as a pursuit of the bourgeoisie.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 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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Unlike drunkenness and hygiene issues — such as clipping fingernails and taking off shoes — which are widely disdained by fellow passengers, opinions on seat reclining mainly fall into two camps: those who say don’t do it, and others who argue the recline button exists for a reason.—
Monica Pitrelli,
CNBC,
24 Dec. 2024
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As a student at The John Carroll School, Paula Etting disdained public office.—
Mike Klingaman,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Aug. 2024
Noun
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His characterization of your openness to weekly visits — a perfectly reasonable concession — as a rejection of his family is unfair and overdramatic.—
Philip Galanes,
New York Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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The answer to that—and what actually made Twin Peaks so compelling, beyond its core mystery—lay in Lynch’s rejection of cut-and-dried solutions.—
Emma Stefansky,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Greens, blues, and reds remain masculine while rejecting the conventions of more conservative styles.—
Ian Malone,
Vogue,
18 Jan. 2025
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While the Obama administration rejected Cheney’s outsized role for itself, Joe Biden still became a close adviser and helped achieve administration goals.—
Roy Brownell,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Rebuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuff. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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