Related Words for rebuff

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repel
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Verb, Verb
repulse
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Verb, Noun, Verb
slight
/
Verb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
snub
/
Noun, Noun, Verb, Adjective
drive off
//
Phrase, Adjective, Verb, Noun
fight off
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
rebuke
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Noun
overtures
/xx
Noun
acquiesce
xx/
Verb
spurn
/
Verb
riposte
x/
Noun
dismiss
x/
Verb
taunt
/
Noun
reject
x/
Verb
mollify
/xx
Verb
entreaties
x/x
Noun
chastise
x/
Verb
rejection
x/x
Noun
resists
x/
Verb
protestations
xx/x
Noun
accede
x/
Verb
demur
x/
Noun
nullify
/xx
Verb
ignore
x/
Verb
insult
x/
Noun
admonishment
x/xx
Noun
vehement
/xx
Adjective
retort
/x
Noun
capitulate
x/xx
Verb
criticism
/xxx
Noun
decry
x/
Verb
rejoinder
x/x
Noun
blandishments
/xx
Noun
unwelcome
x/x
Adjective
jibe
/
Noun
insinuation
xxx/x
Noun
admonition
xx/x
Noun
snide
/
Adjective
backhanded
/xx
Adjective
refute
x/
Verb
affront
x/
Noun
objections
x/x
Noun
harangue
x/
Noun
defeat
x/
Noun
thwart
/
Verb
deflect
x/
Verb
chide
/
Verb
sneers
/
Noun
scornful
/x
Adjective
discomfiture
x/xx
Noun
respond
x/
Verb
deride
x/
Verb
repudiate
x/xx
Verb
peremptory
x/xx
Adjective
scorn
/
Noun
disdainful
x/x
Adjective
denigrate
/xx
Verb
disdain
x/
Noun
forestall
x/
Verb
downplay
/x
Verb
ridicule
/xx
Noun
response
x/
Noun
curt
/
Noun, Adjective
assail
x/
Verb
halfhearted
/xx
Adjective
rebuttal
x/x
Noun
disregard
xx/
Noun
countered
/x
Verb
retaliate
x/xx
Verb
disavow
xx/
Verb
accusation
xx/x
Noun
conciliatory
x/xxxx
Adjective
prompting
/x
Verb
deny
x/
Verb
indignant
x/x
Adjective
spiteful
/x
Adjective
impertinent
x/xx
Adjective
proffer
/x
Noun
angered
/x
Verb
impertinence
x/xx
Noun
unrelenting
xx/x
Adjective
forceful
/x
Adjective
refusal
x/x
Noun
accept
x/
Verb
denunciation
xxx/x
Noun
quash
/
Verb
reticence
/xx
Noun
advances
x/x
Noun
relent
x/
Verb
counteract
/xx
Verb
defy
x/
Verb
denial
x/x
Noun
repulsion
x/x
Noun
declination
xx/x
Noun
reproach
x/
Noun
reluctance
x/x
Noun
frustration
x/x
Noun
decline
x/
Noun
gaff
/
Noun
backlash
/x
Noun
revulsion
x/x
Noun
abnegation
xx/x
Noun
negative
/xx
Adjective
reproof
xx
Noun
reverse
x/
Noun
baffling
/xx
Adjective
resistant
x/x
Noun
rudeness
/x
Noun
beating
/x
Noun
reprimand
/xx
Noun
umbrage
/x
Noun
recalcitrant
x/xx
Adjective
rebelling
x/x
Verb
undaunted
x/x
Verb
undeterred
xx/
Verb
aggressor
x/x
Noun
smarting
/x
Verb
stinging
/x
Adjective
humiliating
x/xxx
Adjective
rankled
/x
Verb
mortified
/xx
Verb
brusque
/
Adjective
daunted
/x
Verb
breach
/
Noun, Verb
break
/
Verb, Noun
clash
/
Noun, Verb
cold shoulder
//x
Phrase, Noun, Verb
condemn
x/
Verb
curb
/
Noun, Verb
cut
/
Verb, Noun, Adjective
disappointment
xx/x
Noun
invitation
xx/x
Noun
postpone
x/
Verb
push
/
Verb, Noun
rebut
x/
Verb
refuse
x/
Verb, Adjective, Noun
reprove
x/
Verb
setback
/x
Noun
silent treatment
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
slap
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb, Adjective
speculation
xx/x
Noun
threaten
/x
Verb
ultimatum
xx/x
Noun
breakeven
/xx
Verb, Noun, Adjective
save
/
Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
get
/
Verb, Noun
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
tell
/
Verb, Noun
fall
/
Verb, Noun
bulletproof
/xx
Adjective, Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb