n. 25B6; verb
rough seas buffeted the coast : BATTER, pound, lash, strike, hit.
he has been buffeted by bad publicity : AFFLICT, trouble, harm, burden, bother, beset, harass, torment, blight, bedevil.
25B6; noun
(dated) I rained buffets on the door : BLOW, punch, thump, box, knock, rap; informal whack, wallop, clout.
all the buffets of this world : SHOCK, upset, setback, crisis, blow; misfortune, trouble, problem, hardship, adversity; affliction, sorrow, tribulation, tragedy, vicissitude.