REBUFF


Meaning of REBUFF in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪbʌf ]

( rebuffs, rebuffing, rebuffed)

If you rebuff someone or rebuff a suggestion that they make, you refuse to do what they suggest.

His proposals have already been rebuffed by the Prime Minister.

= reject

VERB : V n

Rebuff is also a noun.

The results of the poll dealt a humiliating rebuff to Mr Jones.

N-VAR : usu with supp

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