"rebuff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebuff1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rebuffs [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|rebuffer}} French rebuffer, {{der|en|frm|rebuffer}} Middle French rebuffer, {{ncog|fr|rebiffer|t=to rise up, revolt}} French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”), {{der|en|it|ribuffare}} Italian ribuffare Head templates: {{en-noun}} rebuff (plural rebuffs)
  1. A sudden resistance or refusal. Translations (refusal): неочакван отказ (neočakvan otkaz) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 回绝 (huíjué) (Chinese Mandarin), torjunta (Finnish), rebuffade [feminine] (French), Abfuhr [feminine] (German), Zurückweisung [feminine] (German), rifiuto [masculine] (Italian), ricusa [feminine] (Italian), ricusazione [feminine] (Italian), ripulsa [feminine] (Italian), rigetto [masculine] (Italian), repulsa [feminine] (Latin), whakapeka (Maori), whakahoe (Maori), отпо́р (otpór) [masculine] (Russian), отка́з (otkáz) [masculine] (Russian), diùltadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), rechazo [masculine] (Spanish), avvisande (Swedish), ret (Turkish), tersleme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-rebuff-en-noun-1ePswGol Disambiguation of 'refusal': 95 5
  2. Repercussion, or beating back.
    Sense id: en-rebuff-en-noun-X~O5m6c6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with re- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 78 13 5 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 7 69 19 6 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 3 76 14 8 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with re-: 6 46 30 18
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebuff1.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rebuffs [present, singular, third-person], rebuffing [participle, present], rebuffed [participle, past], rebuffed [past]
Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|rebuffer}} French rebuffer, {{der|en|frm|rebuffer}} Middle French rebuffer, {{ncog|fr|rebiffer|t=to rise up, revolt}} French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”), {{der|en|it|ribuffare}} Italian ribuffare Head templates: {{en-verb}} rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)
  1. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. Translations (refuse): отказвам (otkazvam) (Bulgarian), отхвърлям (othvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), torjua (Finnish), rejeter (French), refuser (French), Abfuhr erteilen (German), zurückweisen (German), elutasít (Hungarian), visszautasít (Hungarian), ricusare (Italian), respingere (Italian), rifiutare (Italian), ripudiare (Italian), reclinare (Italian), hoe (Maori), whakapeka (Maori), whakahoe (Maori), отка́зывать (otkázyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отказа́ть (otkazátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), отверга́ть (otvergátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отве́ргнуть (otvérgnutʹ) (english: reject) [perfective] (Russian), дава́ть отпо́р (davátʹ otpór) [imperfective] (Russian), дать отпо́р (datʹ otpór) [perfective] (Russian), diùlt (Scottish Gaelic), rechazar (Spanish), recusar (Spanish), reddetmek (Turkish), terslemek (Turkish), cự tuyệt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-rebuff-en-verb-hoNiMkOA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɹiːˈbʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebuff2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rebuffs [present, singular, third-person], rebuffing [participle, present], rebuffed [participle, past], rebuffed [past]
Etymology: re- + buff Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|buff}} re- + buff Head templates: {{en-verb}} rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)
  1. (transitive) To buff again. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-rebuff-en-verb-DhDiB9jB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "word": "zurückweisen"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "elutasít"
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          "sense": "refuse",
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          "sense": "refuse",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "respingere"
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "rifiutare"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "ripudiare"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "reclinare"
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        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "hoe"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "refuse",
          "word": "whakapeka"
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          "roman": "otkázyvatʹ",
          "sense": "refuse",
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          "word": "отка́зывать"
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          "roman": "otkazátʹ",
          "sense": "refuse",
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          "roman": "otvergátʹ",
          "sense": "refuse",
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          "roman": "otvérgnutʹ",
          "sense": "refuse",
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          "word": "отве́ргнуть"
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          "roman": "davátʹ otpór",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "ret"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Abfuhr erteilen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "refuse",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "elutasít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "visszautasít"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "ricusare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "respingere"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "rifiutare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "ripudiare"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "reclinare"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "tr",
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "refuse",
      "word": "cự tuyệt"
    }
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}

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