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• n  a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval)
• n  an instance of driving away or warding off
• v  reject outright and bluntly
• v  force or drive back
  rebuff the attack

• Urgently needing to rebuff the naysayers already claiming he doesn't deserve his lofty title, Asashoryu's trials suddenly seem far from over.
• The dismemberment of his energy tax is a case study in how difficult it has been for Clinton to make good on his pledge to rebuff those diverse interests in favor of the larger good.
• Despiteor perhaps because ofPresident Johnson's declaration of noncandidacy, primaries in Texas and Florida last week resulted in a repudiation of his policies and a rebuff.

• slight
• snub
• repulse
• repel
• fight off
• drive back

News & Articles

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• Nooksack tribal dispute heads to federal court
  After getting another rebuff in tribal court, Nooksack Indians facing loss of their tribal membershi
  June 18, 2013 - The Bellingham Herald

Quotes

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• Dmitry Medvedev in Independent
  Just recently we have had to rebuff an aggression unleashed by the Georgian regime and, as we found, a war can flare up suddenly and can be absolutely real,Medvedev said.
• Joe Higgins in 940 News
  This is a huge rebuff to the political establishment. It shows there is massive distrust among ordinary working people,said Joe Higgins, the sole Socialist party member in the Irish parliament.
• Brendan Barber in guardian.co.uk
  But TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: "The chancellor must use his budget to give a firm no to this special pleading and strongly rebuff the business lobbying for a U-turn on the inadequate proposals to levy non-doms."