突つっぱねる

つ

っ

ぱ

ね

る

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

ichidan verb, transitive verb

reject flatly; spurn; turn down firmly

Emphatic rejection; implies a blunt, forceful refusal, often with a sense of pushing away. Stronger than 断る.

彼かれは私わたしの申もうし出でを突つっぱねた。
He flatly rejected my offer.
会かい社しゃは組くみ合あいの要よう求きゅうを突つっぱね

た

。

The company firmly turned down the union's demands.

Written forms

突つっぱねるUsage71%
Standard kanji-kana mixed spelling.
つっぱねるUsage24%
Kana spelling, common in informal writing.
突つっ撥ぱねるUsage5%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; the second character is non-jōyō.

Kanji

突stab, protruding, thrust
撥brush up, reject, exclude

Similar words

断ことわる
断る is a general word for refusing or declining, while 突っぱねる implies a more forceful, blunt rejection.
拒きょ否ひする
拒否する is a formal term for refusal, often used in official contexts; 突っぱねる is more colloquial and emphatic.

Etymology

Compound of 突っ (tsu', intensifying prefix from 突く) + 撥ねる (haneru, 'to reject, brush aside'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word conveys a strong sense of pushing away.