Rebuff vs Gainsay - What's the difference?
rebuff | gainsay |
A sudden resistance or refusal.
Repercussion, or beating back.
* Milton
To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
To buff again.
To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
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* 1902 , , The Hound of the Baskervilles :
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As verbs the difference between rebuff and gainsay
is that rebuff is to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out while gainsay is to contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.As a noun rebuff
is a sudden resistance or refusal.rebuff
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
- the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
Verb
(en verb)Anagrams
*gainsay
English
Verb
- Know then that in the time of the Great Rebellion (the history of which by the learned Lord Clarendon I most earnestly commend to your attention) this Manor of Baskerville was held by Hugo of that name, nor can it be gainsaid that he was a most wild, profane, and godless man.
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