rebuffed
Turned away brusquely
Rebuffed is the past tense of rebuff, meaning to reject or refuse bluntly.
A rebuff is sharper than a simple no—it carries coldness or dismissal: She rebuffed his advances, The proposal was rebuffed by the committee.
Someone who has been rebuffed often feels stung or humiliated by the rejection.
Released from duty
- declinedRefused or diminished
- deniedRefused or disavowed
- refusedDeclined to accept
- rejectedRefused or turned away
repudiated · disallowed · vetoed · nixed · disapproved · unwanted · unwelcome · forsaken
Pointedly ignored socially
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
- slightedTreated as unimportant
disdained · scorned · spurned · disregarded · overlooked · neglected · blanked · excluded
dismissed
Released from duty
rejected · repudiated · disallowed · vetoed · nixed · disapproved · unwanted · unwelcome · forsaken · discarded
cold-shouldered
Pointedly ignored socially
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
- ostracizedExcluded from a group
slighted · disdained · scorned · spurned · disregarded · overlooked · neglected · blanked · excluded · alienated
repelled
Drove away forcefully
countered · deflected · parried · checked · repulsed · withstood · defied
- Forbiddenforbidden, prohibited, banned, not allowed, off-limits
- refusalsno, decline, no thanks, refuse, nope
- rejectedrejected, spurned, snubbed, refused, declined
- rejection wordsrejected, spurned, snubbed, refused, excluded
- turned downdeclined, refused, rejected, nixed, vetoed
- abandonmentabandon, abandoned, forsake, desert, leave