Rebuff vs Unrebuffed - What's the difference?
rebuff | unrebuffed |
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.
As a noun rebuff
is a sudden resistance or refusal.As a verb rebuff
is to refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.As an adjective unrebuffed is
not having been rebuffed.rebuff
English
Noun
(en noun)- He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
- the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud