Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rebuff
Participle: rebuffed
Gerund: rebuffing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rebuff |
| you | rebuff |
| he;she;it | rebuffs |
| we | rebuff |
| you | rebuff |
| they | rebuff |
Perfect
| I | have rebuffed |
| you | have rebuffed |
| he;she;it | has rebuffed |
| we | have rebuffed |
| you | have rebuffed |
| they | have rebuffed |
Past
| I | rebuffed |
| you | rebuffed |
| he;she;it | rebuffed |
| we | rebuffed |
| you | rebuffed |
| they | rebuffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had rebuffed |
| you | had rebuffed |
| he;she;it | had rebuffed |
| we | had rebuffed |
| you | had rebuffed |
| they | had rebuffed |
Future
| I | will rebuff |
| you | will rebuff |
| he;she;it | will rebuff |
| we | will rebuff |
| you | will rebuff |
| they | will rebuff |
Future Perfect
| I | will have rebuffed |
| you | will have rebuffed |
| he;she;it | will have rebuffed |
| we | will have rebuffed |
| you | will have rebuffed |
| they | will have rebuffed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rebuff |
| you | rebuff |
| he;she;it | rebuff |
| we | rebuff |
| you | rebuff |
| they | rebuff |
Perfect
| I | have rebuffed |
| you | have rebuffed |
| he;she;it | have rebuffed |
| we | have rebuffed |
| you | have rebuffed |
| they | have rebuffed |
Imperfect
| I | rebuffed |
| you | rebuffed |
| he;she;it | rebuffed |
| we | rebuffed |
| you | rebuffed |
| they | rebuffed |
Pluperfect
| I | had rebuffed |
| you | had rebuffed |
| he;she;it | had rebuffed |
| we | had rebuffed |
| you | had rebuffed |
| they | had rebuffed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rebuff |
| you | would rebuff |
| he;she;it | would rebuff |
| we | would rebuff |
| you | would rebuff |
| they | would rebuff |
Perfect
| I | would have rebuffed |
| you | would have rebuffed |
| he;she;it | would have rebuffed |
| we | would have rebuffed |
| you | would have rebuffed |
| they | would have rebuffed |
Imperative
| you | rebuff |
| we | Let's rebuff |
| you | rebuff |
Verbs conjugated like 'rebuff'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rebuff'
debuff,
bepuff,
buff,
depuff,
rebud,
rebuffer,
rebuke,
rebulb,
rebury,
rebus,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1586, from obs. Fr.
rebuffer "to check, snub," from It.
ribuffare "to check, chide, snide," from
ribuffo "a snub," from
ri- "back" (from L.
re-) +
buffo "a puff," of imitative origin (cf.
buffet (v.)). The noun is first recorded 1611.
2. From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare. See: French '
rebuffer', Italian '
ribuffare'.
Sample Sentences
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The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart. [2021 September 22, Stephen Roberts, “The writings on the wall...”, in RAIL, number 940, page 71:]
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Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.” [2024 October 23, Brian Stelter, “CBS News rebuffs Trump’s legal threat over ‘60 Minutes’ interview”, in CNN, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025:]
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“If you have rule of the bureaucrat — if the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have?” Musk said during his 30-minute appearance with Trump, where he rebuffed critics who said he’s the one undermining democratic institutions. [2025 February 14, Marshall Cohen, “The almighty Musk: How the world’s richest man became Washington’s most powerful bureaucrat”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Jul 2025:]