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rebuffs

rebuffs is the plural of rebuff.

rebuffs is the third-person singular simple present indicative of rebuff.

Meaning of rebuff

Noun

rebuff (plural rebuffs)

  1. A sudden resistance or refusal.
    • He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal.
  2. Repercussion, or beating back.
    • the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about rebuffs

What is rebuffs the plural of?
Rebuffs is the plural of rebuff.

Words near rebuffs in the dictionary

  1. rebufferings
  2. rebuffers
  3. rebuffing
  4. rebuffingly
  5. rebuffings
  6. rebuffs
  7. rebuild
  8. rebuildable
  9. rebuilded
  10. rebuilder
  11. rebuilders

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