rebuff : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rebuff	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for rebuff
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rebuff n a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) Synonym(s): rebuff, slight an instance of driving away or warding off Synonym(s): rebuff, snub, repulse v reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal" Synonym(s): rebuff, snub, repel force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" Synonym(s): repel, repulse, fight off, rebuff, drive back
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuff \Rebuff"\, n. [It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. {Buff} to strike, {Buffet} a blow.] 1. Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance. The strong rebuff* of some tumultuous cloud. --Milton. 2. Sudden check; unexpected repulse; defeat; refusal; repellence; rejection of solicitation.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rebuff \Re*buff"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rebuffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rebuffing}.] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.