BRUSH OFF

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Bar from attention or consideration

Example:

She dismissed his advances

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "brush off" is one way to...):

reject (refuse to accept or acknowledge)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "brush off"):

cold-shoulder; slight (pay no attention to, disrespect)

discredit (cause to be distrusted or disbelieved)

shrug off (minimize the importance of, brush aside)

pass off (disregard)

flout; scoff (treat with contemptuous disregard)

turn a blind eye (refuse to acknowledge)

laugh away; laugh off (deal with a problem by laughing or pretending to be amused by it)

disoblige (ignore someone's wishes)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

brush-off (a curt or disdainful rejection)