slight+rebuke

  • 1admonition — n. 1. Hint of a fault, gentle reproof, mild censure, slight rebuke, remonstrance. 2. Advice, counsel, caution, warning, monition, instruction, reminder …

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  • 2rebuff — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. snub, slight, cut; repulse, rout, check. See failure. v. t. repel, repulse; snub, cut, slight, high hat (sl.), cold shoulder (sl.). See rejection, repulsion. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. repulse, snub,… …

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  • 3biblical literature — Introduction       four bodies of written works: the Old Testament writings according to the Hebrew canon; intertestamental works, including the Old Testament Apocrypha; the New Testament writings; and the New Testament Apocrypha.       The Old… …

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  • 4United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 5snub — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. cut, ignore, slight, rebuff, cold shoulder; check, curb, halt. n. rebuff, slight, cut. adj. turned up, blunt, retroussé. See contempt, repulsion. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To slight] Syn. ignore, turn …

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  • 6Inspiration of Ellen G. White — This article is about the nature of Ellen White s inspiration. For her biography and heritage, see Ellen G. White. Part of a series on Seventh day Adventism …

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  • 7rebuff — 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,… …

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  • 8snub — I. v. a. 1. Nip, clip, dock, prune, cut short, cut down, check, stunt. 2. Check (with a tart remark), stop, reprimand, reprove, rebuke, chide. 3. Abash (as a pretentious person), slight, humble, humiliate, shame, mortify, confound, disconcert,… …

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  • 9snub — v 1. slight, turn one s back upon, U.S. Sl. brush off, turn up one s nose at, Sl. ritz, Inf. high hat; cut, give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold shoulder, Inf. put the freeze on, look coldly upon; keep at arm s length, avoid, shun, stand or hold… …

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  • 10rebuff — [n] turning away; ignoring brushoff*, check, cold shoulder*, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, go by*, hard time*, insult, kick in the teeth*, nix*, nothing doing*, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub,… …

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