| rebuff | (n) a deliberate discourteous act (usually as an expression of anger or disapproval), Syn. slight |
| rebuff | (n) an instance of driving away or warding off, Syn. repulse, snub |
| rebuff | (v) reject outright and bluntly, Syn. repel, snub, Example: She snubbed his proposal |
| rebuild | (v) build again, Syn. reconstruct, Example: The house was rebuild after it was hit by a bomb |
| rebuilding | (n) building again |
| rebuke | (n) an act or expression of criticism and censure, Syn. reprehension, reproof, reproval, reprimand, Example: he had to take the rebuke with a smile on his face |
| rebukingly | (adv) in the manner of someone delivering a rebuke |
| rebury | (v) bury again, Example: After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot |
| reburying | (n) the act of burying again, Syn. reburial |
| rebus | (n) a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words |
| Rebucous | a. Rebuking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] She gave unto him many rebucous words. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rebuff | n. [ It. ribuffo, akin to ribuffare to repulse; pref. ri- (L. re-) + buffo puff. Cf. Buff to strike, Buffet a blow. ] The strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rebuff | v. t. |
| Rebuild | |
| Rebuilder | n. One who rebuilds. Bp. Bull. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rebukable | a. Worthy of rebuke or reprehension; reprehensible. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Rebuke | n. For thy sake I have suffered rebuke. Jer. xv. 15. [ 1913 Webster ] Why bear you these rebukes and answer not? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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| Rebuke | v. t. The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered, |
| Rebukeful | a. Containing rebuke; of the nature of rebuke. [ Obs. ] -- |
| Rebuker | n. One who rebukes. [ 1913 Webster ] |