brush off

Speech parts

1. brush off - Noun

2. brush off - Verb

Meaning

a curt or disdainful rejection

bar from attention or consideration

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Alternative names

brush-off

Synonyms

discount dismiss disregard brush aside push aside miss nix cut repulse fob removal slight blow reject discharge
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Antonyms

rivet center centre remembrance sleuth see
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Hypernyms

reject rejection

Hyponyms

slight scoff discredit flout turn a blind eye cold-shoulder

Examples

She dismissed his advances Source: Internet

About these cretins, she wrote, “They have called me a Nazi and a racist; I have learned to brush off comments about how I’m ‘writing about the Jews again.’ Source: Internet

Absent a confirmation dialog, you're always only one missed touch away from sending your location to someone you're trying to brush off, actively avoid, or are in some disagreement or distress with. Source: Internet

Consider what an unbelieving world will say if you continue to brush off Mr. Trump’s immoral words and behaviour in the cause of political expediency.” Source: Internet

On the eve of his Giro success, he tweeted that Sundays for him meant football on the Marshes or else going to Brick Lane with his dad and brother, while trying to brush off the deciding time trial of the Giro as “just another Sunday”. Source: Internet

His parents brush off her actions, but Che is certain that manipulative Rosa is a diagnosable psychopath with a complete lack of empathy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

brush mark brush mouse brush on brush on paint brush one's lips against