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1 rebuff
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2 accost
[ə'kost](to approach and speak to, especially in an unfriendly way: I was accosted in the street by four men with guns.) abbast upp á -
3 coldly
adverb (in an unfriendly way: She looked at me coldly.) kuldalega -
4 give the go-by
(to ignore in an unfriendly way: I think we'll give all his stupid suggestions the go-by.) virða að vettugi
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