The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word REBUFF , but the solution may also be SNUB which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in Wall Street Journal).
Slap in the face crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| REBUFF | 25 % | 6 |
| AFFRONT | 25 % | 7 |
| INSULT | 25 % | 6 |
| SNUB | 25 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Slap in the face
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- clenched fist
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- raised fist
- piece of cake
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Crossword Answer definitions
REBUFF noun- A sudden resistance or refusal.
- Repercussion, or beating back.
- To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out.
- To buff again.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result REBUFF
- Blunt refusal
- Slap in the face
- Give the cold shoulder
- Blunt turndown
- Snub
- Blunt rejection
- Abrupt rejection
- Abrupt snub
- Snub.
- Say no to
More clues leading to the result AFFRONT
- Deliberate insult
- Act of disrespect
- Indignity
- Insult
- Pique
- Slap in the face
- Offend by open disrespect.
- Slight.
- Intentional insult.
- Insult.
More clues leading to the result INSULT
- Affront
- "Yo Mama" joke line, e.g.
- It may be added to injury
- Rickles riposte
- Dig
- Dis
- Offensive remark
- Slight
- Don Rickles specialty
- Refusal of hospitality, often