rebuke, rejection, snub, retort, setback, riposte, denunciation, repudiation, response, kowtow, gazump, defiance, overture, turnabout, denouncement, gambit, blandishments, woo, backlash, acquiescence, blunt, refusal, shrug, backtrack, olive branch, counterpunch, criticism, vindication, curry favor, scupper, soft pedaling, condemnation, backing, pushback, recalcitrance, stonewalling, takeover, discredit, reaction, courting, slap, reaffirmation, gibe, squelch, defeat, remonstration, demurral, endorsement, jilt, disdain, veto, blow, affront, retaliation, counterbalance, ridicule, entreaties, brushoff, barrage, backdown, umbrage, outrage, bully, potshot, prod, hostility, reiteration, rift, impatience, capitulation, blackball, disavowal, scoffs, disquiet, scorn, acknowledgment, sympathy, derision, hardball, trumping, swipe, rapprochement, upset, retreat, scolding, tamp down, counteroffer, nix, countermove, displeasure, rejoinder, putdown, apology, antipathy, outcry, indignation, hostile takeover, waverers, repulse, skepticism, enamour, bowing, rebuffs, reprimand, disappointment, discomfiture, reverse, contretemps, invitation, reproof, break, clash, slight, ultimatum, breach

cold shoulder, cut, silent treatment

clannish, cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby

defend, discourtesy, fight, fight back, fight down, freeze off, offence, offense, offensive activity, oppose, pooh-pooh, reject, spurn, turn down

brush off, drive back, drive off, fight off, repel