rebuffing
Coldly shutting down
Rebuffing is rejecting someone's advances, offers, or attempts at connection in a blunt or dismissive way.
The word implies more than simple refusal—it carries a sense of coldness or abruptness: She kept rebuffing his attempts at conversation.
Diplomatic overtures, romantic advances, and friendly gestures can all be rebuffed.
Denial of acceptance
- refusalAct of declining
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- dismissalRemoval from position
- declineDecrease or refuse
spurn · turndown · snub · brush-off · cold shoulder · knockback · repudiation · nix
Pushing away forcefully
- deflectingTurning from original path
- fendingBlocking or repelling
- wardingDefending against approach
- repulsingDriving off forcefully
parrying · thwarting · deterring · blocking · countering · withstanding · forestalling · averting
rejection
Denial of acceptance
decline · spurn · turndown · snub · brush-off · cold shoulder · knockback · repudiation · nix · veto
repelling
Pushing away forcefully
- deflectingTurning from original path
- fendingBlocking or repelling
- wardingDefending against approach
repulsing · parrying · thwarting · deterring · blocking · countering · withstanding · forestalling · averting · preventing
- disrespectinsulting, belittling, demeaning, mocking, ridiculing
- rejectionrejection, reject, denial, refuse, refusal
- rejection wordsrejected, spurned, snubbed, refused, excluded
- relationshipsfriends, romantic, family, friend, flirting
- rudenessrude, discourtesy, impolite, rudeness, disrespect
- driving awayrepelling, banishing, forcing out, warding off, fending off
rebuffingaccepting
Willing to receive
welcoming · embracing · receiving · admitting · acknowledging
rebuffingwelcoming
Receiving others warmly
embracing · inviting · encouraging · befriending · drawing in