as in dismissal
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly
took her rebuff in stride, and still greeted her cousin with a friendly smile the next time they met
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as in to spurn
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Recent Examples of rebuff
Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
As if being rebuffed by her bride daughter before the ceremony was not enough, Mon then had to deal with the knowledge that Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) was going to assassinate her friend Tay Kolma, who had fallen on hard times as a banker and was deemed a potential risk moving forward.
—EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Trump briefly cut off aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but resumed after Zelenskyy agreed to an immediate ceasefire, a call Putin has rebuffed.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
The White House also did not comment, but some industry advocates say the administration has rebuffed requests for exemptions.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Vance traveled to Vatican City over the weekend, though he was initially rebuffed by the Catholic leader, meeting instead with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and foreign minister, Archbishop Paul Gallagher, on Saturday.
—Meredith Kile, People.com, 21 Apr. 2025
As if being rebuffed by her bride daughter before the ceremony was not enough, Mon then had to deal with the knowledge that Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) was going to assassinate her friend Tay Kolma, who had fallen on hard times as a banker and was deemed a potential risk moving forward.
—EW.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Trump briefly cut off aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine, but resumed after Zelenskyy agreed to an immediate ceasefire, a call Putin has rebuffed.
—Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 23 Apr. 2025
The White House also did not comment, but some industry advocates say the administration has rebuffed requests for exemptions.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuff
Noun
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The Department of Justice did not return a request for comment May 2 about the dismissal of charges.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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After years of back-and-forth in the court system, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the case’s dismissal in March 2025.—
Alexandra Klass,
The Conversation,
2 May 2025
Verb
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After spurning interest from clubs in the Saudi Pro League last summer, Alisson has made a huge contribution to Liverpool’s title triumph and is going nowhere.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Trump replied by blaming Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 on Ukraine’s desire to join NATO, even though NATO had spurned the country’s entry for almost two decades.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Yet the apparent snub by U.S. government officials led to some disappointment among the Vietnamese.—
Nga Pham,
NPR,
29 Apr. 2025
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Angela clocks the snub and asks for a plus-one; Porsha politely declines.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
Verb
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On the other, America’s right flank feeling scorned because its aid – given to defeat a decades-long adversary at no cost of American life – had not been received with enough gratitude.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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Republicans putting country above politics or compromising with Democrats are scorned and ostracized by fellow Republicans and voted out of office.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
6 Feb. 2025
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Larger than life, his creation repulses and torments him, and Victor spends the rest of his life both running from it and trying to destroy it.—
Ann Kowal Smith,
Forbes,
16 Dec. 2024
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The optical, stop-motion, and puppetry effects alone should make Brain Damage a priority on your watchlist, but Henenlotter’s film excites and repulses on a deeper level.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
19 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Perhaps no other American statesman has ever disdained the role of idealism in foreign policy—the meddling of human-rights activists and democracy crusaders—quite like Kissinger.—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
1 May 2025
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The Minervois is a sunny land of black truffles, red marble, oak and juniper forests and castles constructed by Cathars (pescatarian Christians who disdained the symbol of the cross, were branded as heretics and subsequently slaughtered wholesale by Papal decree in the 13th century).—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Out of the 60,000 babies born in New Zealand last year, there were 71 rejections, according to an Official Information Act inquiry.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Largely unknown, with few public remarks, Souter was considered a politically palatable choice as the contentious Senate rejection of Reagan nominee Robert Bork three years earlier still rattled Washington.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
Verb
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Shirley has discovered that Conrad was rejected for a job at UNIT eight years ago.—
Jennifer Zhan,
Vulture,
3 May 2025
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The judge has now said that’s not good enough, and rejected Bungie’s motion to dismiss.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
3 May 2025
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“Rebuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuff. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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