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repulse
The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed:
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  1. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed:
  2. Rejection; refusal:
  3. A refusal, rejection, or rebuff
snub
A deliberate slight or affront.
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  1. A deliberate slight or affront.
  2. (Nautical) A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.
  3. Scornful, slighting action or treatment; affront
reprimand
A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
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  1. A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
  2. A severe, formal, or official rebuke or censure.
  3. A severe or formal rebuke, esp. by a person in authority
rejection
The state of being rejected.
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  1. The state of being rejected.
  2. (Sports) a blocked shot
  3. The act of rejecting.
refuse
To decline to grant the request of (a person)
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  1. To decline to grant the request of (a person)
  2. To indicate unwillingness to do, accept, give, or allow:
  3. To decline to do, accept, give, or allow something.
repel
To offer resistance to; fight against:
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  1. To offer resistance to; fight against:
  2. (Physics) To present an opposing force to; push back or away from by a force:
  3. To drive off, or offer an opposing force to, something
snub
To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
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  1. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
  2. To check suddenly the outward movement of (a rope, cable, etc.) by turning it around a fixed object, as a post
  3. (Obs.) To check or interrupt with sharp or slighting words
dismiss
To refuse to accept or recognize; reject:
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  1. To refuse to accept or recognize; reject:
  2. To direct or allow to leave:
  3. To send away; cause or allow to leave
repudiate
To deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
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  1. To deny the truth of (a charge, etc.)
  2. To refuse to accept or support; deny the validity or authority of (a belief, a treaty, etc.)
  3. To disown (a child, for example).
spurn
To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
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  1. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
  2. To refuse or reject with contempt or disdain; scorn
  3. To reject something contemptuously.
send away
(Idiomatic) To send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To send to a particular place for a long time, as a family member, an employee, etc.
turn-away
To avert or deflect something
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  1. To avert or deflect something
  2. (Intransitive) to bend or turn from a fixed course
  3. (Intransitive) to rotate the body or head so as not to face someone or something
ignore
(Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
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  1. (Law) To reject (a bill of indictment) for lack of evidence
  2. To disregard deliberately; pay no attention to; refuse to consider
slight
To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention:
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  1. To treat (someone) with discourteous reserve or inattention:
  2. (Military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
  3. To treat as of small importance; make light of:
disregard
To pay little or no attention to
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  1. To pay little or no attention to
  2. To treat without due respect; slight
  3. To show no evidence of attention concerning (something):
reprove
To speak to in disapproval; rebuke
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  1. To speak to in disapproval; rebuke
  2. To express disapproval of (something done or said); censure
  3. To express disapproval to (someone); criticize:
rebuke
To blame or scold in a sharp way; reprimand
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  1. To blame or scold in a sharp way; reprimand
  2. To express sharp criticism regarding (an act, for example):
  3. (Obsolete) To check or repress.
oppose
To set against; place opposite, in balance or contrast
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  1. To set against; place opposite, in balance or contrast
  2. To present in counterbalance or contrast:
  3. To set as an opposite in position:
chide
To express disapproval.
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  1. To express disapproval.
  2. To scold mildly so as to correct or improve; reprimand:
  3. To scold; now, usually, to reprove mildly
repulse
To drive back; repel:
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  1. To drive back; repel:
  2. (Usage Problem) To cause repugnance or distaste in:
  3. To repel with discourtesy, coldness, indifference, etc.; refuse, reject, or rebuff
cross
To carry or conduct across something:
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  1. To carry or conduct across something:
  2. To pass over; go from one side to the other of; go across
  3. To make or put a line across:
decline
To refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite
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  1. To refuse to accept or do something, esp. in a way that is formally polite
  2. To refuse politely:
  3. To refuse, esp. in a formally polite way
resist
To refuse to cooperate with, submit to, etc.
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  1. To refuse to cooperate with, submit to, etc.
  2. To take action in opposition to; try to eliminate, reduce, or stop:
  3. To oppose or withstand something; offer resistance
disallow
To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
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  1. To reject as invalid, untrue, or improper.
  2. To refuse to allow; reject as untrue, invalid, or illegal
turn down
(Idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.
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  1. (Idiomatic) To reposition by turning, flipping, etc. in a downward direction.
  2. (Idiomatic) To refuse, decline, or deny.
  3. (Idiomatic) To reduce the amount of something by means of a control, such as the volume, heat, or light.
cut
To form by penetrating, probing, or digging:
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  1. To form by penetrating, probing, or digging:
  2. To go directly and often hastily:
  3. To make out and issue:
brush-off
To depart with a sweeping motion.
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  1. To depart with a sweeping motion.
  2. (Idiomatic) To disregard (something), to dismiss or ignore (someone), as unimportant.
  3. Used other than as an idiom: see brush,‎ off. To remove something with a brush.
stave off
(Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert
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  1. (Idiomatic) to prevent something from happening; to obviate or avert
hold off
(Idiomatic) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
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  1. (Idiomatic) To delay commencing (an action until some specified time or event has passed).
  2. (Idiomatic) To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.
keep off
To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
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  1. To stay or cause to stay at a distance (from).
cut
A movie at a given stage in its editing:
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  1. A movie at a given stage in its editing:
  2. A part that has been cut from a main body:
  3. A reduction:
snub
A deliberate slight or affront.
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  1. A deliberate slight or affront.
  2. Scornful, slighting action or treatment; affront
  3. (Nautical) A sudden checking, as of a rope or cable running out.
spurn
A contemptuous rejection.
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  1. A contemptuous rejection.
  2. Scornful treatment or rejection
  3. (Archaic) A kick
cold shoulder
(Idiomatic) A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub
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  1. (Idiomatic) A deliberate act of disrespect; a slight or snub
  2. (Informal) Deliberate indifference or coldness; a slight, rebuff, or snub
  3. Deliberate coldness or disregard; a slight or a snub:
go-by
An intentional slight; a snub.
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  1. An intentional slight; a snub.
  2. (Informal) A passing by; esp., an intentional disregard or slight
  3. A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away.
cut
To separate into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
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  1. To separate into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
  2. To form or shape by severing or incising:
  3. To perform:
shun
To avoid, especially persistently.
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  1. To avoid, especially persistently.
  2. To stay away from; not go to:
  3. To keep away from; avoid scrupulously or consistently, often, specif., as a practice by a group against a co-worker, coreligionist, etc. who has fallen out of favor
snub
To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore
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  1. To treat with scorn, contempt, disdain, etc.; behave coldly toward; slight or ignore
  2. (Nautical) To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.
  3. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
spurn
To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
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  1. To show contempt or disdain in refusing or rejecting
  2. (Archaic) To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
  3. (Archaic) To push or drive away contemptuously with or as with the foot
coldshoulder
To slight or snub (someone).
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  1. To slight or snub (someone).
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Sentence Examples

  • Irritated at his mate's rebuff, he whispered, "Where are you?"

  • In consequence of this rebuff Dr Wekerle tendered his resignation on the 27th of April.

  • For the present he experienced a sharp rebuff of fortune, which he met with his usual fortitude.

  • The check, however, was but temporary, and the French king only bided his time to take vengeance for the rebuff he had suffered.

  • In spite of the official rebuff received from the mother-country, the Australian ministry, in drawing up the new Federal tariff, gave a substantial preference to British imports, and thus showed their willingness to go farther.

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