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rebuff
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  • I couldn't figure out why my cousin would want to exchange his Yiddish name—which in English means Joseph—for the Polish version, but the teacher's rebuff didn't surprise me.†  (source)
  • The judge rebuffed him and sent the jury, including Mrs. Tyo, back into deliberations.†  (source)
  • And Martina had been rebuffed by an excruciating shin-scrape.†  (source)
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  • Hands shot up around the room, but she rebuffed all questions and marched off to secure the doors.†  (source)
  • Tyrion rather suspected that Lord Tyrell might come to regret this rebuff.†  (source)
  • Popchik alone was happy; it was rare we had so much company in the house and he ran from person to person, undiscouraged by repeated rebuffs.†  (source)
  • She sounded so disappointed-and looked so forlorn-Eragon felt guilty for rebuffing her.†  (source)
  • "Oh——" Lily murmured reproachfully; but Mrs. Fisher pressed on unrebuffed.†  (source)
    unrebuffed = not rejected
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrebuffed means not and reverses the meaning of rebuffed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • He would eventually come to be rebuffed by his own body at least as much as by hers.†  (source)
  • If she argued with a neighbor constantly over a barking dog, if she was forced to rebuff a flirty guy, whatever you got, I need.†  (source)
  • On New Year's Day, driven mad by rebuffs from Remedios the Beauty, the young commander of the guard was found dead under her window.†  (source)
  • Then he drove me back to my house, rebuffing my halfhearted protests by promising to get me back to my car the next morning.†  (source)
  • Stand fast and fight!' yelled Sir Cadogan in a muffled voice from behind his visor, but Harry merely walked on and when Sir Cadogan attempted to follow him by running into a neighbouring picture, he was rebuffed by its inhabitant, a large and angry-looking wolfhound.†  (source)
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