To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
To buff again.
Repercussion, or beating back.
He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
A sudden resistance or refusal.
To reject, turn down.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
To scoff, to express contempt.
A display of disdain; a slight.
Contempt or disdain.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.