| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning away; ignoring |
Synonyms: |
brushoff, check, cold shoulder, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, go-by, hard time, insult, kick in the teeth, nix, nothing doing, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down, turndown |
Antonyms: |
inclusion, welcome |
| Main Entry: | rejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, refusal |
Synonyms: |
bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, disallowance, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, hard time, kick in teeth, nix, no dice, no go, no way, nothing doing, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, slap in the face, thumbs down, turndown, veto |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snub; rejection |
Synonyms: |
brush-off, check, cold shoulder, defeat, disappointment, failure, nix, nothing doing, rebuff, refusal, reverse, slap in the face, spurning, thumbs down, turndown |
Antonyms: |
attraction, enchantment |
| Main Entry: | nope |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | no |
Synonyms: |
absolutely not, by no means, nay, negative, never, nix, no way, not at all, not by any means, nothing doing |
| Concept: | Rejection. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal; declination.
-verbs
reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline (refuse); exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast., repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right-about; disclaim (deny); discard (eject), (have done with) [more].
-adjectives
rejected; reject, rejectaneous, rejectious; not chosen, not to be thought of, out of the question
-adverbs
neither, neither the one nor the other; no.
-phrases
non haec in faedera.
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