rebuff
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rebuff¹
- /ɹɪˈbʌf/
Rhymes with -ʌf
Where it comes from
From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.
noun rebuffs
- A sudden resistance or refusal. He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
- Repercussion, or beating back. the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
verb rebuffs · rebuffing · rebuffed
- To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.
rebuff²
- /ɹiːˈbʌf/
verb rebuffs · rebuffing · rebuffed
- To buff again.
Translations
Every language
noun refusal
| Español | rechazo |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 回绝 huíjué |
| Français | rebuffade |
| Deutsch | Abfuhr, Zurückweisung |
| Italiano | rifiuto, ricusa, ricusazione, ripulsa, rigetto |
| Русский | отпо́р otpór, отка́з otkáz |
verb refuse
| Español | rechazar, recusar, desairar |
|---|---|
| Français | rejeter, refuser |
| Deutsch | Abfuhr erteilen, zurückweisen |
| Italiano | ricusare, respingere, rifiutare, ripudiare, reclinare |
| Русский | отка́зывать otkázyvatʹ, отказа́ть otkazátʹ, отверга́ть otvergátʹ, отве́ргнуть otvérgnutʹ, дава́ть отпо́р davátʹ otpór, дать отпо́р datʹ otpór |
| Tiếng Việt | cự tuyệt |
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