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What is another word for
brushing aside
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Present participle for to disregard or pay no attention to
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
Present participle for to regard or represent as being of little worth
Present participle for to refuse to fulfill an agreement or obligation
Present participle for to declare to be untrue
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Verb
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Present participle for to disregard or pay no attention to
disregarding
ignoring
dismissing
overlooking
discounting
rejecting
neglecting
spurning
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
belittling
flouting
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
passing over
shrugging off
brushing off
taking no notice of
playing down
pooh-poohing
turning a blind eye to
making light of
paying no attention to
scoffing at
putting aside
laughing off
forgetting about
refusing to acknowledge
turning a deaf ear to
waving aside
sweeping aside
having no time for
pushing aside
thinking no more of
shutting eyes to
glossing over
overpassing
blinking at
winking at
whitewashing
papering over
glozing over
letting pass
forgetting
letting go
paying no heed to
taking no account of
condoning
excusing
forgiving
pardoning
omitting
remitting
setting aside
paying no mind
looking the other way
bypassing
unheeding
slurring over
tuning out
deliberately ignoring
slighting
closing your eyes to
missing
unminding
turning a blind eye
repudiating
conniving
forgoing
writing off
living with
turning back on
dispensing with
brushing away
discarding
conniving at
casting aside
waiving
contemning
scorning
cold-shouldering
misheeding
skipping
palliating
disdaining
sparing
paying no mind to
snubbing
taking no notice
giving something a miss
making allowances for
turning a deaf ear
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
de-emphasizing
paying no attention
letting something ride
rebuffing
downplaying
letting someone off with
letting off easy
shaking off
wiping slate clean
abandoning
evading
paying no heed
avoiding
turning your back on
not listening
letting something slide
passing up
treating with contempt
leaving be
having done with
treating lightly
sweeping under the rug
varnishing over
sweeping under the carpet
winking
dissimulating
giving no credence to
doubting
taking with a pinch of salt
dispelling
underselling
disbelieving
laying aside
dealing rapidly with
treating as unimportant
having no use for
taking lightly
deodorizing
US
pleading ignorance
indulging
sneezing at
deodorising
UK
letting off
granting amnesty
granting a pardon to
suspending charges
giving absolution
burying the hatchet
tolerating
discharging
dropping
excluding
turning deaf ear
turning blind eye
failing to notice
looking through
not taking into account
burying one's head in sand
letting it go
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
putting out of your mind
ridiculing
swimming with the tide
turning blind eye to
grinning and bear it
playing past
sinking
letting bygones be bygones
taking
putting up with
bearing with
burying
stomaching
standing for
going along with
looking past
rolling with punches
deriding
mocking
slam dunking
holding up to scorn
wiping
making little of
sniffing at
sneering at
putting down
expressing contempt
leaving something undone
scanting
losing sight of
failing to care for
postponing
failing to look after
paying little attention to
trifling with
leaving alone
failing to provide for
depreciating
having nothing to do with
keeping at arm's length
underestimating
skimping on
forsaking
not caring for
thinking little of
procrastinating over
not troubling oneself
overleaping
deserting
shirking
deferring
procrastinating
keeping your distance
throwing to the winds
eliding
pretermitting
not caring
doing without
abstaining from
renouncing
rendering needless
relinquishing
leaving out
rationalising
UK
understating
belying
justifying
smoothing over
brushing something under the carpet
rationalizing
US
sugarcoating
extenuating
varnishing
glossing
explaining away
declining
refusing
closing your eyes
passing by
passing
diminishing
telling someone to get lost
disclaiming
denigrating
disparaging
giving the cold shoulder to
deprecating
disowning
discrediting
giving someone the brush-off
negativing
disapproving
reprobating
nixing
deselecting
giving up
balking at
letting go by
withgoing
throwing over
turning down
failing to take advantage of
throwing out
denying oneself
missing out on
blanking
leaving out of account
sending to Coventry
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“Gently
brush aside
students' anxiety about not getting the answer by refocusing their attention on the problem at hand.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
declining
refusing
rejecting
passing
desisting
dismissing
rebuffing
snubbing
spurning
denying
repudiating
shunning
abjuring
forbearing
forgoing
renouncing
avoiding
disapproving
repulsing
eschewing
demurring
reprobating
baulking at
demurring at
knocking back
passing on
passing up
saying no to
turning down
abstaining from
balking at
refraining from
shying from
desisting from
not accepting
withholding from
opting out
refusing to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opting out of
shaking one's head
giving the red light
giving the thumbs down
disregarding
vetoing
disdaining
not buying
scoffing at
throwing away
negativing
nixing
giving the thumbs down to
forbidding
prohibiting
throwing out
deselecting
blocking
interdicting
disallowing
negating
ruling out
banning
throwing over
withholding
excluding
revoking
preventing
precluding
shooting down
giving the red light to
giving something a miss
giving thumbs down to
barring
tabooing
ignoring
discountenancing
stopping
opposing
blackballing
debarring
turning back on
turning away
setting aside
shutting out
withgoing
begrudging
restraining
discounting
relucting
skipping
overlooking
missing
giving the brush-off to
enjoining from
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
not heeding
scorning
passing by
withdrawing
repelling
steering clear of
not hearing of
protesting
saying no
brushing off
dispensing with
holding out
holding back
protesting at
turning from
holding off
not caring for
drawing the line at
turning deaf ear to
sending off
jibbing at
refusing to receive
proscribing
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
embargoing
outlawing
invalidating
quashing
countermanding
reversing
eliminating
overruling
overturning
excepting
suspending
killing
blacking
squashing
expelling
disqualifying
censoring
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipping
disowning
disavowing
disclaiming
disentitling
disacknowledging
declaring null and void
putting down
depriving
freezing out
standing in the way of
keeping out
refusing entrance to
locking out
declaring ineligible
refusing admission to
closing out
giving the cold shoulder to
counting out
leaving out in the cold
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regard or represent as being of little worth
underrating
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
undervaluing
diminishing
belittling
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
underestimating
depreciating
understating
disparaging
discounting
minifying
misprizing
downgrading
lessening
reducing
underemphasizing
underpricing
playing down
de-emphasizing
glossing over
selling short
setting little store by
rating too low
doing an injustice to
failing to appreciate
setting too little store by
making light of
devaluing
downplaying
shrugging off
holding cheap
deprecating
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
underplaying
vilipending
cheapening
weakening
disesteeming
pooh-poohing
making little of
talking down
setting no store by
thinking too little of
disregarding
misjudging
underweening
moderating
softening
whitewashing
mitigating
deemphasizing
extenuating
looking down on
deflating
qualifying
tempering
slighting
minimalizing
taking for granted
decrying
derogating
putting down
discrediting
denigrating
toning down
detracting from
defaming
knocking
making light
taking lightly
brushing off
not doing justice
lowering
undermining
devaluating
decreasing
blistering
backbiting
withdrawing
detracting
writing off
laughing at
cutting rate
taking away from
subtracting from
dissing
dismissing
scorning
deriding
scoffing at
running down
trashing
panning
slating
bad-mouthing
treating lightly
sneering at
crying down
slamming
degrading
look down one's nose at
vilifying
rubbishing
demeaning
maligning
reviling
aspersing
slurring
doing a hatchet job on
criticizing
US
mocking
trash-talking
slagging off
pulling apart
abusing
kissing off
having a go at
disdaining
marginalizing
US
criticising
UK
ridiculing
marginalising
UK
pouring scorn on
doing down
taking to pieces
condemning
laughing off
casting aspersions on
traducing
taking down
picking holes in
hitting out at
dumping on
taking down a peg
disgracing
dragging through the mud
smearing
dispraising
tearing down
marking down
censuring
cutting down to size
humbling
calumniating
debasing
roasting
abasing
bashing
sinking
rapping
contemning
spurning
snubbing
pulling to pieces
writing down
holding in contempt
attacking
demoting
slandering
denouncing
depressing
blasting
despising
humiliating
shaming
hating
scorching
flaming
vituperating
attenuating
disrespecting
declassing
bumping
sniffing at
bringing down
breaking
tearing into
speaking badly of
speaking ill of
looking down upon
thinking little of
holding back
treating as unimportant
making nothing of
disvaluing
underappreciating
libeling
US
impugning
libelling
UK
disapproving
sneering
subordinating
insulting
poormouthing
squashing
knocking off
ripping
squelching
putting hooks in
giving comeuppance
putting away
slinging mud at
knocking off high horse
chastening
excoriating
dishonoring
US
reprehending
smirching
lambasting
devalorizing
blaming
reprobating
fouling
execrating
deploring
mortifying
dishonouring
UK
shooting down
pillorying
anathematizing
demeriting
benching
thumbing nose at
walking over
feeling contempt for
jeering at
sneezing at
treating with contempt
abhorring
cutting to the quick
taking a swipe at
shooting full of holes
animadverting
hitting
railing
complaining
lowering in rank
prostituting
betraying
doing a number on
lowering in status
inveighing against
beating down
dragging down
selling out
railing against
fulminating against
rejecting
disapproving of
cavilling at
coming down on
tearing to shreds
sniping at
taking swipe at
carping at
relegating
regarding with contempt
showing contempt for
abominating
scouting
turning your nose up at
reverting
setting back
casting down
reducing to the ranks
bringing low
busting
kicking downstairs
crushing
disrating
lowering the status of
underjudging
faulting
discountenancing
finding fault with
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to fulfill an agreement or obligation
repudiating
dishonoring
US
dishonouring
UK
disaffirming
disregarding
dismissing
disobeying
ignoring
rebuffing
reneging on
going back on
backtracking on
refusing to fulfil
Verb
▲
Present participle for to declare to be untrue
gainsaying
contradicting
denying
refuting
negating
rebutting
controverting
disproving
repudiating
challenging
negativing
opposing
disconfirming
disavowing
disaffirming
discrediting
disclaiming
rejecting
confuting
disputing
debunking
countering
disowning
contesting
disallowing
exploding
contravening
resisting
impugning
crossing
arguing
disagreeing
fighting
withstanding
combatting
combating
traversing
naysaying
disagreeing with
shooting down
shooting full of holes
shooting down in flames
declaring untrue
flying in the face of
arguing with
dissenting from
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