rebuff

Nouns

(n) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval) slight,
(n) an instance of driving away or warding off repulse, snub,

Verbs

(v) reject outright and bluntly
- She snubbed his proposal
snub, repel,
(v) force or drive back
- repel the attacker
- fight off the onslaught
- rebuff the attack
drive back, fight off, repulse, repel,

Synonyms

slight snub repel repulse drive back fight off

Words of close approximity

rebus rebut

rebuke rebury