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adj. 1 insubordinate, defiant, mutinous, revolutionary,
contumacious, insurgent, insurrectionary, seditious: The more
rebellious students organized mass meetings against the
university authorities. 2 unmanageable, disobedient,
incorrigible, ungovernable, unruly, difficult, refractory,
stubborn, obstinate, recalcitrant: They resented being treated
as rebellious children.
rebirth n. renaissance or renascence, revival, renewal, reawakening,
resurgence, revitalization, resurrection, regeneration,
rejuvenation, restoration, new beginning, reincarnation;
metempsychosis, palingenesis: The 15th century marked the
rebirth of learning in Europe after the so-called Dark Ages.
rebound v. 1 spring back, bounce, recoil, ricochet, resile: The ball
rebounded from the goalpost.
--n. 2 bounce, recoil, ricochet, return, comeback,
repercussion, backlash, reflex: Carter caught the ball on the
rebound.
rebuff n. 1 rejection, snub, check, denial, repulse, refusal,
dismissal, defeat, repudiation, slight, discouragement, Colloq
cold shoulder, cut, put-down, brush-off, Slang US brush:
Ellie's friendly approach was met with an abrupt rebuff.
--v. 2 reject, snub, check, deny, repel, drive away, spurn,
repulse, refuse, dismiss, defeat, repudiate, slight, ignore,
send (someone) to Coventry, Colloq give (someone) the cold
shoulder, cut, put (someone) down, brush (someone) off, give
(someone) the brush-off, tell (someone) where to go or get off,
tell (someone) where to get lost, Slang give (someone) his or
her walking papers, freeze (someone) out , US give (someone) the
brush, show (someone) the door: She rebuffed everyone who
proposed marriage to her, preferring to remain a spinster.
rebuke v. 1 scold, reproach, admonish, reprove, reprimand, lecture,
censure, chide, reprehend, berate, castigate, criticize, take to
task, upbraid, revile, Colloq dress down, bawl out, give
(someone) a piece of one's mind, haul (someone) over the coals,
let (someone) have it, give (someone) hell or what for, tell
(someone) off, tell (someone) where to get off, Brit carpet,
tear (someone) off a strip, tick (someone) off, wig, blow