rebuff
rebuff definition
re·buff (ri buf′)
noun
- an abrupt, blunt refusal of offered advice, help, etc.
- any check or repulse
Etymology: MFr rebuffe < It rabbuffo < rabbuffare, to disarrange, altered by metathesis (prob. infl. by buffare, to blow) < baruffare, to scuffle < Langobardic *biraufan, akin to OHG biroufan, to tussle, pluck out
transitive verb
- to refuse bluntly; snub
- to check or repulse
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