rebuff

I noun admonition, censure, check, chiding, cold shoulder, condemnation, counteraction, criticism, defeat, defiance, disapproval, discouragement, discourtesy, disregard, flat refusal, insult, opposition, peremptory refusal, rebuke, recoil, refusal, rejection, renouncement, renunciation, reprimand, reproach, reproof, repudiation, repulsa, repulse, resistance, rudeness, scolding, slight, snub, spurn II verb affront, brush aside, cast aside, check, chide, decline, despise, disallow, discard, disdain, dismiss, disown, disregard, drive back, ignore, insult, jilt, keep at a distance, neglect, rebuke, refuse, reicere, reject, renounce, repel, repellere, reprobate, reprove, repudiate, repulse, resist, scorn, send away, set aside, slight, snub, spurn, turn away III index abrogate (annul), censure, check (bar), confront (oppose), contemn, contempt (disdain), controvert, counter, counteract, decline (reject), disallow, disapprove (condemn), disapprove (reject), disdain (noun), disdain (verb), disfavor, disoblige, disown (refuse to acknowledge), disrespect, dissent (withhold assent), eliminate (exclude), exclude, fight (counteract), impeach, parry, reaction (opposition), rebut, refusal, refuse, reject, rejection, renounce, renunciation, repel (drive back), repulse, resist (oppose), resistance, reversal, shun, spurn