rebuffed

verb

past tense of rebuff
as in spurned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rebuffed
  1. spurned
  2. rejected
  3. refused
  4. scorned
  5. overruled
  6. disdained
  7. vetoed
  8. scouted
Verb
  • Teams LeBron spurned, including the Heat and Timberwolves, have seen players like Bam Adebayo and Anthony Edwards playfully vow to challenge him.
    — Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • But a brief meeting led to a connection between the quarterbacks and set in motion one of the most surprising flips in recruiting history when the five-star prospect spurned Georgia at the 11th hour for Vanderbilt.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of spurned
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  • Sherrill rejected that request Tuesday, calling it unsupported by law.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2026
  • There were two outliers who rejected the idea that COVID was made in a lab and that the pandemic had resulted from a lab-leak.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of rejected
Verb
  • The driver refused to stop and led deputies on a short pursuit that ended on Wandering Ridge Drive.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
  • When Duterte refused, China began blocking Filipino fishermen from the shoal again.
    — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of refused
Verb
  • Now that the Chicago Bears have scorned Portage’s bid to build a stadium on the city’s north side, the Redevelopment Commission plans to repackage the site before offering it to other developers.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • James scorned his home area of Northeast Ohio, with Akron and Cleveland as his only homes, to that point.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of scorned
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  • But late last month, a three-judge panel at the California Courts of Appeal overruled that decision, and the five lawsuits are going ahead.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • Ultimately, Martínez-Olguín overruled most of the objections and denied most of the late opt-out requests.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
Definition of overruled
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  • Raised in a household of voracious readers in suburban Philadelphia, her father a professor of Spanish at the University of Pennsylvania and her mother having worked for magazines, Sebold disdained the university’s frat culture.
    — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026
  • Musk has long disdained the norms that the executives who run giant public companies typically embrace.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Definition of disdained
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  • Beshear vetoed that bill, which included a provision to reinstate tighter spending controls, but the legislature overrode his veto.
    — Alex Acquisto, ProPublica, 30 July 2026
  • The governor then vetoed them, a move that surprised even the lawmakers who backed the legislation.
    — Elle Meyers, CBS News, 29 July 2026
Definition of vetoed
Verb
  • Yamal was six when he was scouted by Barcelona while playing for his local team nearby.
    — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 25 July 2026
  • Kelly, a Baylor graduate himself, said multiple countries scouted the school’s facilities before Spain settled on it.
    — Sam Leveridge, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of scouted
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