- rebuff
- n1. rejection, repulsion, spurning; parry, resistance, check, checkmate; refusal, denial, disallowance, negation, denegation; forbiddance, proscription, Inf. no-go, thumbs down; declination, repudiation, renouncement, recantation, renunciation; disinheritance, disinheriting.2. snub, Inf. cut, Inf. put-down, slight, cold shoulder, Inf. slap in the face; discouragement, Inf. dash of cold water, Inf. turndown, Inf. the brush-off.v3. check, repel, drive away, reject, fend off, ward off, keep off, stave off, parry; refuse, spurn, turn down, decline, deny, disallow; ignore, slight, disregard; keep at arm's length, keep at a distance, turn one's back on, cold-shoulder; snub, Inf. cut, take no note of, look right through [s.o.] freeze [s.o.] out, cut [s.o.] out of the herd; Inf. put down, put in one's place, Sl. zap, Inf. tell [s.o.] where to get off, Inf. tell [s.o.] to buzz off, Inf. tell [s.o.] to get lost, Inf. slam the door in [s.o.'s] face.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.