Definition of "rebuff" []

• A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer. (noun)
• A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action. (noun)
• To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub. See Synonyms at refuse1. (verb-transitive)
• To repel or drive back. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "At The National Post Blog Araminta Wordsworth quoted various sources and the reactions including The Nation Daily in Kenya which suggests that this rebuff is not unexpected:"
• "But November -- the chill month with its "rebuff" -- will see both rabbits and magpies quite departed ...."
• "Such a rebuff was a stunner to Mr. Davis, who, however, soon regained his serenity and answered:"