OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 26196

rebuff

/ɹɪˈbʌf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
rechazo
A sudden resistance or refusal.
And it is symptomatic of the many paradoxes of Lederer's life that of all the people in the room, Brotherhood is the one whom he would most wish to serve, if ever he had the opport…
He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
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📚 verb • entry_id 26197

rebuff

/ɹɪˈbʌf/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
desairar • rechazar • recusar
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based…
The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.
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