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rebuff

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbʌf/

The English word “rebuff” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A sudden resistance or refusal.
  2. Repercussion, or beating back.

verb

  1. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
  2. To buff again.

Etymology

From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare.

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