REBUFF
NOUNS
1567 — OVERTHWART a rebuff or rejoinder → obs.
1577 — A FLEA IN ONE’S EAR a scolding, a rating; a sharp reproof; a rebuff; chiefly used in the phrase ‘to go (send, etc.) away with a flea in one’s ear’
1577 — IG — IGG a rebuff, a snub → Amer. dial.
1579 — COUNTERBUFF a rebuff, a check, → obs.
1712 — BLACK EYE a rebuff, a snub
1714 — DAMP a disappointment; a rebuff → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1780 — SET-DOWN a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff
..19C — DAMPER a rebuff → sl.
..19C — RABBET a rebuff → Eng. dial. obs.
1811 — CROSS-BUTTOCK an unexpected rebuff → UK sl.
1821 — CHOKER a rebuff; the ‘last word’ → UK sl.
1821 — FREEZER a rebuff, a snub → 1821 UK sl.
1828 — BACKSLAP an abrupt and ungracious rebuff; a sharp retort
1878 — A SMACK IN THE EYE a sharp rebuff; a setback → colloq.
1884 — KNOCKBACK a rebuff; a refusal
1890 — ONE a rebuff → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1899 — SETTING-DOWN a depressing or humiliating rebuke or reprehension; a rebuff → Amer. dial.
1941 — BRUSH-OFF a rebuff, dismissal
1978 — FACIAL an instance of humiliation; an insult; a rebuff → Amer. sl.
VERBS
1488 — REBUT to rebuff or reject a person
1579 — COUNTERBUFF to strike in return; to meet a blow with a return blow; to rebuff → arch.
1631 — BLOW OFF to rebuff, to reject the advances of a person
1689 — RUN ONE’S HEAD AGAINST A BRICK WALL to be continually rebuffed or thwarted
1875 — GIVE A SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape → US
1883 — GIVE THE COLD SHAKE to cold-shoulder; to rebuff; to evade, to escape → US
1885 — BIFF OFF to rebuff, to reject → Aust. sl.
1900 — TELL ONE WHERE TO GET OFF to rebuke, rebuff, or deflate firmly → US sl.
1916 — SNOUT to harbour a grudge towards a person; to treat with disfavour, to rebuff → Aust. sl.
1927 — STIFF-ARM to rebuff or reject
1930 — KNOCK BACK to rebuff, to dismiss → Aust. & NZ colloq.
1941 — BRUSH OFF to rebuff, to dismiss
1973 — STIFF to treat unfairly and harshly; to rebuff or push aside brutally → US sl.
1987 — BLOW OUT to rebuff, to reject the advances of a person → chiefly Brit.
2001 — GET A FIFTY to be rebuffed rejected, to stood up by a woman → Irish sl.
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