"rebuff" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebuff1.wav 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.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebuff1.wav 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), desairar (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 Forms: rebuffs [present, singular, third-person], rebuffing [participle, present], rebuffed [participle, past], rebuffed [past]
Etymology: From 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 Related terms: repolish, rewax, rewipe
    Sense id: en-rebuff-en-verb-DhDiB9jB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "repolish"
    },
    {
      "word": "rewax"
    },
    {
      "word": "rewipe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To buff again."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "buff",
          "buff"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To buff again."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɹiːˈbʌf/"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "rebuff"
}

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