rebuff

About 0.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sudden resistance or refusal.

   He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.

2. noun Repercussion, or beating back.
3. verb To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
4. verb To buff again.

Similar words

repel repulse drive off fight off slight brush off snub drive back rejection reject

Often followed by

to from of the and in by was at

Word family

rebuffed rebuffing rebuffs