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
Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Kalra said attempts to fold AB 649 language into SB 84 were rebuffed.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
The Phoenix Suns reportedly tried to acquire Smith in the Kevin Durant trade, but the Rockets rebuffed requests to include him, according to ESPN.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
House leadership refused to consider a bill to extend the program, citing concerns about its cost, and some advocates were rebuffed in their attempts to speak with lawmakers about the bill.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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Noun
And while the Barcelona Tapas chef soundly rebuffed his first request to work in the kitchen, Garcia eventually got a chance to read off order tickets to the cooks when the person normally tasked with that job missed work one night.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
Kalra said attempts to fold AB 649 language into SB 84 were rebuffed.
—David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
The Phoenix Suns reportedly tried to acquire Smith in the Kevin Durant trade, but the Rockets rebuffed requests to include him, according to ESPN.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 9 July 2025
House leadership refused to consider a bill to extend the program, citing concerns about its cost, and some advocates were rebuffed in their attempts to speak with lawmakers about the bill.
—Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuff
Noun
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Right now, all Broward students are prohibited from using their cellphones from the morning bell until dismissal, under a policy the School Board passed last year in hopes of improving mental health and academics among students.—
Scott Travis,
Sun Sentinel,
24 July 2025
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But the Trump administration said Maddox instead should’ve taken his cue from the Supreme Court’s May decision allowing the president to fire Democratic members of two federal labor boards while the former members challenge their dismissals.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Azeri leader President Aliyev spurned a telephone call offer from Putin while accepting one from Ukraine’s Zelensky.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iran’s first supreme religious leader, took hold of the situation, spurning international appeals to release the hostages.—
Beth Bailey,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Garcia was also named an injury replacement Friday after being listed as a potential snub.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
12 July 2025
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Garcia was on the list of snubs that deserved an All-Star spot but missed out due to a plethora of deserving players at his position.—
Hunter Mulholland,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 July 2025
Verb
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His ostentatious well-being is scorned by Walker, who equates equilibrium with compromise.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025
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As master of ceremonies at her Fool’s Moon cabaret, Puella displays the kind of unearned self-assurance that usually wins praise for men and scorn for women.—
Michael Snyder,
New York Times,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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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Even Netflix’s content factory is now licensing the very YouTube creators whom audiences once disdained as amateurs.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
17 July 2025
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He was torn between disdaining them and entertaining the possibility of getting into that business, which was clearly going to grow with the transition.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 July 2025
Noun
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In Cassidy’s time, the pre-academy era, there was next to no assistance for players dealing with rejection or setbacks.—
Simon Hughes,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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But this rejection of empathy has paved the way for dehumanizing rhetoric toward entire groups.—
Brian Recker,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 July 2025
Verb
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New York’s 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Maxwell’s appeal effort last year, finding that the deal drawn up in 2007 and approved the following year only protected Epstein and his coconspirators in South Florida.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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If anyone else tries such commands, the AGI and ASI reject them summarily.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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“Rebuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rebuff. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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