rebuff
noun
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
Types & categories
- offense hypernym
- cold shoulder hyponym
- silent treatment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
reject outright and bluntly
She snubbed his proposal
Types & categories
- spurn hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an instance of driving away or warding off
Types & categories
- rejection hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
force or drive back
repel the attacker
Types & categories
- fight down hypernym
Related & opposite
- standoff derivation
- snub derivation
- repulsivea derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | slight |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | offense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cold shoulder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | silent treatment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | spurn |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rebuff |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | push back |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | rejection |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | standoff |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | snub |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | repulsivea |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | fight down |