rebuffs
Turns away curtly
Rebuffs are blunt rejections or refusals, especially to offers, advances, or requests for help.
The word carries a sense of being turned away coldly or dismissively: Despite repeated rebuffs, she kept applying.
To rebuff someone is to reject them abruptly: He rebuffed every attempt at reconciliation.
Refusal to accept reality
- refusalAct of declining
- declineDecrease or refuse
- dismissalRemoval from position
- turndownAct of declining
repudiation · spurn · brush-off · knock-back · veto · snub · cold-shoulder · slight
denial
Refusal to accept reality
turndown · repudiation · spurn · brush-off · knock-back · veto · snub · cold-shoulder · slight · disregard
snub
Deliberate dismissive rejection
- cold-shoulderIntentional social rejection
- slightMinor or thin
- shunDeliberately keep away
ostracize · ignore · brush-off · cut · disdain · exclusion · aloofness · indifference · disregard · avoidance
rejection
Denial of acceptance
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- proposalFormal plan for consideration
- advanceMove or progress forward
negotiation · entreaty · petition · appeal · request · approach · offer · olive-branch · bid · initiative
- rejectionsno, rejection letter, refusal, denial letter, decline
- repelsrepels, wards off, keeps away, fends off, drives away
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
- disgracedishonor, disgrace, downfall, stigma, scandal