| rebuff | | |
| n. (act) | 1. rebuff, slight | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ cold shoulder, snub, cut | a refusal to recognize someone you know.; "the snub was clearly intentional" |
| ~ silent treatment | an aloof refusal to speak to someone you know. |
| n. (communication) | 2. rebuff, repulse, snub | an instance of driving away or warding off. |
| ~ rejection | the speech act of rejecting. |
| v. (communication) | 3. rebuff, repel, snub | reject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal" |
| ~ freeze off, spurn, disdain, pooh-pooh, scorn, turn down, reject | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| v. (competition) | 4. drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel, repulse | force or drive back.; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack" |
| ~ fight down, fight, fight back, oppose, defend | fight against or resist strongly.; "The senator said he would oppose the bill"; "Don't fight it!" |
| snub | | |
| n. (act) | 1. cold shoulder, cut, snub | a refusal to recognize someone you know.; "the snub was clearly intentional" |
| ~ rebuff, slight | a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval). |
| v. (communication) | 2. cut, disregard, ignore, snub | refuse to acknowledge.; "She cut him dead at the meeting" |
| ~ do by, treat, handle | interact in a certain way.; "Do right by her"; "Treat him with caution, please"; "Handle the press reporters gently" |
| adj. | 3. snub | unusually short.; "a snub nose" |
| ~ short | (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length.; "short skirts"; "short hair"; "the board was a foot short"; "a short toss" |
| spurn | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. disdain, freeze off, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down | reject with contempt.; "She spurned his advances" |
| ~ refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards.; "he declined to join the group on a hike" |
| ~ rebuff, snub, repel | reject outright and bluntly.; "She snubbed his proposal" |
| ~ pass up, turn down, decline, refuse, reject | refuse to accept.; "He refused my offer of hospitality" |
| ~ turn down, turn away, refuse, reject | refuse entrance or membership.; "They turned away hundreds of fans"; "Black people were often rejected by country clubs" |
| slight | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. cold-shoulder, slight | pay no attention to, disrespect.; "She cold-shouldered her ex-fiance" |
| ~ brush aside, brush off, discount, dismiss, disregard, ignore, push aside | bar from attention or consideration.; "She dismissed his advances" |
| adj. | 2. little, slight | (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some.; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work" |
| ~ small | slight or limited; especially in degree or intensity or scope.; "a series of death struggles with small time in between" |
| ~ less | (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree.; "of less importance"; "less time to spend with the family"; "a shower uses less water"; "less than three years old" |
| adj. | 3. flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin | lacking substance or significance.; "slight evidence"; "a tenuous argument"; "a thin plot"; "a fragile claim to fame" |
| ~ unimportant, insignificant | devoid of importance, meaning, or force. |
| adj. | 4. slender, slight, slim, svelte | being of delicate or slender build.; "she was slender as a willow shoot is slender"; "a slim girl with straight blonde hair"; "watched her slight figure cross the street" |
| ~ lean, thin | lacking excess flesh.; "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look" |
| snub | | |
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