The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebuffing
Rebuff \Re*buff"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rebuffed (r[-e]*b[u^]ft"); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebuffing.] To beat back; to offer sudden resistance to; to check; to repel or repulse violently, harshly, or uncourteously.
Wiktionary
rebuffing
vb. (present participle of rebuff English)
Usage examples of "rebuffing".
She must make Horace irresistible to other women while rebuffing him herself.
Urdli stood, his erect stance rebuffing the familiarity of Laverty's greeting.
The victim is a well-endowed secretary at a dating service who is strangled with a necktie after rebuffing the advances of a well-dressed, deceptively urbane, maniacal client.
He was angry with Desdemona for rebuffing him and he was angry at himself for being angry at her, because he knew she was right.