rebuffs in English

noun

1

an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture.

any attempt to win her friendship was met with rebuffs

synonyms: rejection, snub, slight, repulse, refusal, spurning, cold-shouldering, discouragement, brush-off, kick in the teeth, slap in the face

verb

1

reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner.

I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms

synonyms: reject, turn down, spurn, refuse, decline, repudiate, snub, slight, repulse, repel, dismiss, brush off, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the brush-off, give someone the bum's rush, freeze out

noun

rejection, snub, slight, repulse, refusal, spurning, cold-shouldering, discouragement, brush-off, kick in the teeth, slap in the face
slight
snub, repulse

verb

reject, repel, drive back
reject, turn down, spurn, refuse, decline, repudiate, snub, slight, repulse, repel, dismiss, brush off, give someone the cold shoulder, give someone the brush-off, give someone the bum's rush, freeze out
repel, snub
drive back, repel, fight off, repulse

Use "rebuffs" in a sentence

1. The task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs.

2. 22 His rude behaviour subjects him to frequent rebuffs.

3. The very architecture of the building rebuffs any attempt at hoopla.

4. Britt asks Lenore out, but she rebuffs him and instead invites Kato to dinner, making Britt jealous.

5. 24 Everyone wants to define this free spirit of music, and at every turn the 26-year-old DiFranco rebuffs.