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rebuffed

verb

past tense of rebuff
as in spurned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuffed
  1. spurned
  2. rejected
  3. refused
  4. scorned
  5. overruled
  6. disdained
  7. vetoed
  8. scouted
Verb
  • No mob godfather has ever been as terrifying as Roscoe Conkling spurned by Chester Arthur in the back of that carriage.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Johnson, the East Moline Democrat who spurned membership on the working group, noted it was constituted by lawmakers who had publicly spoken out in support of Welch in the fallout over his handling of the Benton scandal.
    — Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of spurned
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  • This strategy also helps employers get to know phenomenal candidates whose applications are going to accidentally be rejected by the ATS and AI systems.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The Alliance rejected accusations of greenwashing at the time, saying its mandate was to identify scalable collection, sorting and recycling solutions and that projects operating at the edge of commercial viability would not all succeed.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of rejected
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  • José Dias Toffoli, who previously stepped down from overseeing the Banco Master case because of his links to Vorcaro, also refused to vote.
    — MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Many families who are cited in the lawsuit said the insurer refused to test their homes for contaminants.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of refused
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  • Bass, who was scorned for being out of town during the January 2025 Palisades fire despite high wind warnings, did slightly better with 18%.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The prevalence of starwashing does not mean that all extraterrestrial endeavors should be scorned, said The Cool Down.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of scorned
Verb
  • Then on Wednesday, Dino overruled his colleague and restored the two senior police officials to their posts.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
  • Then on Wednesday, Justice Flávio Dino overruled his colleague and restored the two senior police officials to their posts.
    — MAURICIO SAVARESE, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of overruled
Verb
  • In this sense, Mehring’s play is echoing Einstein’s critique of the wealthy German Jews who disdained their poorer Eastern cousins.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Although the Constitution requires congressional involvement in war-making, Trump like Nixon disdained that mandate with terrible consequences.
    — Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of disdained
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  • Congress did pass a bill in December 2024 that would have added 66 new federal judges, but then-President Joe Biden vetoed the legislation a month before leaving office.
    — Carla Astudillo, ProPublica, 3 Sep. 2026
  • The bill was sent to Newsom, who vetoed a similar bill last year that also asked for the 15% average salary window.
    — Sofia Williams, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of vetoed
Verb
  • Chen, who was talent-scouted as a teen, estimates that many actors might have lost more than 60% of their work this year.
    — Ling Wei, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Recruiting analyst Eric Bossi of 247Sports scouted White at a tournament in Las Vegas.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of scouted
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