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rebuffed

rebuffed is the simple past and past participle of rebuff.

Meaning of rebuff

Verb (1)

rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)

  1. (transitive) To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
    • The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart.2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 71

Verb (2)

rebuff (third-person singular simple present rebuffs, present participle rebuffing, simple past and past participle rebuffed)

  1. (transitive) To buff again.

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Questions about rebuffed

What is rebuffed the simple past and past participle of?
Rebuffed is the simple past and past participle of rebuff.

Words near rebuffed in the dictionary

  1. rebudgets
  2. rebuds
  3. rebuff
  4. rebuffable
  5. rebuffal
  6. rebuffed
  7. rebuffer
  8. rebuffered
  9. rebuffering
  10. rebufferings
  11. rebuffers

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