verb with object

reject (someone or something) in an abrupt or ungracious manner:

〈人〉を拒絶する, 門前払いする; …をむげに断る (!しばしば受け身で)

e.g. I asked her to be my wife, and was rebuffed in no uncertain terms.

an abrupt or ungracious refusal or rejection of an offer, request, or friendly gesture:

【申し出･助言などへの】そっけない拒絶 «to»

e.g. any attempt to win her friendship was met with rebuffs.

late 16th century: from obsolete French rebuffer (verb), rebuffe (noun), from Italian ri- (expressing opposition) + buffo ‘a gust, puff’, of imitative origin.