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What is another word for
brushing off
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Verb
Present participle for to clean or remove dirt with a brush
Present participle for to disregard, dismiss or ignore someone or something as unimportant
Present participle for to snub or reject someone regarded as being unimportant or inferior
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
Present participle for disregard
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
Present participle for to erase from one's memory
Present participle for to disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration
(
of a person or object
)
Present participle for to leave behind
Present participle for to ban or refrain from using
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
Present participle for to represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
Noun
The act of ignoring or refusing to speak to another person
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to clean or remove dirt with a brush
brushing
dusting
cleaning
clearing
removing
scouring
scrubbing
tidying
whisking
brushing away
brushing up
cleaning up
clearing away
clearing up
tidying up
disposing of
sweeping up
sweeping
wiping
raking
washing away
brooming
mopping up
tidying away
hoovering
eliminating
mopping
getting rid of
scraping
buffing
vacuuming
expelling
putting away
packing away
packing up
clearing out
uncluttering
moving
taking out
taking away
extracting
shifting
drawing
carting off
doing away with
extricating
sweeping away
carrying away
carrying off
decluttering
more ❯
“Matt and Casey
brush off
the dirt and debris off their clothes before walking towards their bullet-proof 4WD.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard, dismiss or ignore someone or something as unimportant
dismissing
discounting
disregarding
ignoring
denigrating
deprecating
diminishing
discrediting
disparaging
slighting
snubbing
discarding
disclaiming
disdaining
disowning
rejecting
scorning
spurning
telling someone to get lost
casting aside
brushing aside
cold-shouldering
giving someone the brush-off
sweeping aside
giving the cold shoulder to
“It would be easy to
brush off
these questions as silly or ill-informed.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to snub or reject someone regarded as being unimportant or inferior
snubbing
rebuffing
rejecting
spurning
shunning
disdaining
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
repudiating
jilting
cold-shouldering
freezing out
knocking back
turning down
giving the cold shoulder
looking past
giving someone the brush-off
sending to Coventry
ignoring
giving someone the go-by
giving the brush
stiff-arming
cutting dead
scorning
slighting
dismissing
coldshouldering
telling someone where to get off
neglecting
repulsing
snouting
putting down
disregarding
turning back on
cutting
declining
balking at
refusing
looking down on
blanking
giving the bum's rush
giving the brushoff
acting cool
scouting
repelling
steering clear of
stiffing
taking no notice of
not giving time of day
keeping at arm's length
sneezing at
treating with contempt
keeping at a distance
keeping at bay
handing someone the frozen mitt
driving away
shutting out
chillin
looking through
icing out
cutting out
chilling
giving someone the air
leaving out in the cold
giving someone the big E
turning your nose up at
fending off
sneering at
contemning
scoffing at
holding in contempt
showing disrespect for
turning deaf ear to
sniffing at
looking down upon
shrugging off
giving the cold shoulder to
blinking at
treating disrespectfully
misprizing
showing disrespect
making light of
avoiding
shying from
keeping one's distance from
recoiling from
having no part in
fighting shy of
palming off
giving a wide berth
standing aloof from
bilking
shaking off
having no part of
not touching
leaving alone
shying away from
staying clear of
turning away from
staying shy of
keeping clear of
having nothing to do with
giving the runaround
ditching
keeping away from
shrinking from
passing up
giving a wide berth to
looking straight through
making unwelcome
turning up one's nose
excluding
discounting
blackballing
disowning
cutting off
pooh-poohing
blacklisting
playing down
brushing aside
excommunicating
othering
unfollowing
waving aside
casting aside
casting out
swearing off
breaking with
having nothing more to do with
turning your back on
not including
disavowing
eschewing
pretending not to see
turning away
renouncing
having done with
leaving out
washing your hands of
setting aside
refusing to abide by
refusing to recognize
pouring cold water on
throwing cold water on
putting out of your mind
putting aside
belittling
deriding
mocking
ridiculing
undermining
slam dunking
wiping
making little of
expressing contempt
holding up to scorn
deserting
abnegating
abjuring
dropping
forsaking
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipping
despising
unfriending
leaving off
binning off
giving someone the push
giving the elbow
more ❯
“She claims to regularly
brush off
guys hollering from the passenger-side of their best friend's ride.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoiding
evading
dodging
escaping
shirking
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
dancing around
discounting
disregarding
ducking
eluding
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
shying from
wriggling out of
dispensing with
getting around
pussyfooting around
running away from
shaking
skirting round
tergiversating
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
copping out of
fending off
funking
getting out of
giving the slip to
going around
keeping one's distance from
laying low from
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
shaking off
taking no notice of
tuning out
turning a blind eye to
turning back on
turning your back on
unheeding
unminding
declining
ducking out of
finessing
scaping
shirking from
shuffling out of
keeping off
Verb
▲
Present participle for disregard
sneezing at
disregarding
blinking at
brushing aside
brushing away
discounting
having no use for
laughing off
letting pass
looking the other way
overlooking
passing over
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
shutting eyes to
slighting
snubbing
taking lightly
taking no notice of
turning a blind eye
turning a deaf ear
ignoring
shrugging off
glossing over
overpassing
winking at
turning a blind eye to
papering over
whitewashing
glozing over
forgetting
letting go
taking no account of
neglecting
turning a deaf ear to
dismissing
omitting
slurring over
closing your eyes to
condoning
excusing
forgiving
bypassing
rejecting
unheeding
pardoning
unminding
deliberately ignoring
setting aside
tuning out
making light of
missing
minimizing
US
remitting
conniving
pooh-poohing
minimising
UK
writing off
flouting
spurning
skipping
misheeding
discarding
contemning
avoiding
playing down
pushing aside
turning back on
paying no mind to
letting off easy
taking no notice
evading
conniving at
refusing to acknowledge
turning your back on
not listening
living with
leaving be
blanking
winking
dissimulating
leaving out of account
sending to Coventry
cold-shouldering
letting someone off with
making allowances for
letting something ride
downplaying
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
dealing rapidly with
de-emphasizing
treating as unimportant
disbelieving
palliating
dispelling
underselling
giving no credence to
doubting
laying aside
taking with a pinch of salt
indulging
sparing
pleading ignorance
deodorizing
US
deodorising
UK
tolerating
discharging
letting off
burying the hatchet
granting amnesty
wiping slate clean
granting a pardon to
suspending charges
giving absolution
abandoning
shirking
forsaking
deserting
deferring
pretermitting
leaving something undone
not caring for
scanting
losing sight of
thinking little of
procrastinating over
failing to care for
not troubling oneself
postponing
overleaping
failing to look after
paying little attention to
procrastinating
keeping your distance
trifling with
leaving alone
failing to provide for
throwing to the winds
depreciating
eliding
having nothing to do with
keeping at arm's length
underestimating
skimping on
letting something slide
passing up
not caring
scorning
disdaining
belittling
trivializing
US
defying
despising
disparaging
trivialising
UK
having no time for
sweeping aside
thinking no more of
scoffing at
waving aside
forgetting about
putting aside
disrespecting
vilipending
failing
disobeying
disesteeming
disfavoring
having contempt for
disfavouring
turning blind eye
failing to notice
dispensing with
looking through
excluding
not taking into account
turning deaf ear
burying one's head in sand
letting it go
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
shrugging off
condoning
discounting
disregarding
excusing
forgiving
ignoring
overlooking
overpassing
pardoning
remitting
whitewashing
blinking at
glossing over
glozing over
papering over
passing over
winking at
dismissing
forgetting
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
pooh-poohing
rejecting
brushing aside
shaking off
treating lightly
making light of
paying no heed to
sweeping under the rug
varnishing over
sweeping under the carpet
burying
making allowances for
stomaching
standing for
turning a deaf ear to
taking no notice of
paying no mind
deliberately ignoring
turning a blind eye to
putting up with
letting go
swimming with the tide
turning blind eye to
going along with
playing past
letting pass
looking the other way
sinking
looking past
sparing
tuning out
letting something slide
letting someone off with
grinning and bear it
paying no attention to
letting bygones be bygones
rolling with punches
wiping slate clean
letting something ride
living with
taking no account of
bearing with
shutting eyes to
conniving at
taking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to erase from one's memory
forgetting
abandoning
bypassing
dropping
blanking out
shutting out
burying
discounting
skipping
ceasing to remember
laying aside
blanking over
ceasing to think of
erasing from your mind
having done with
putting away
setting aside
shrugging off
taking no notice of
thinking no more of
turning your back on
dismissing from mind
getting over
paying no heed to
putting behind you
slurring over
stopping thinking about
consigning to oblivion
erasing from memory
letting bygones be bygones
putting out of your mind
putting in the past
drawing a veil over
blotting out
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard and treat as unworthy of serious consideration
dismissing
disregarding
discounting
rejecting
spurning
forgetting
ignoring
overlooking
repudiating
dispelling
banishing
discarding
abandoning
denying
shelving
flouting
despising
dropping
relegating
scouting
shrugging off
laying aside
passing over
paying no attention to
glossing over
taking no notice of
thinking no more of
writing off
kissing off
paying no heed to
putting away
having done with
laughing away
putting out of your mind
setting aside
Verb
▲
(
of a person or object
)
Present participle for to leave behind
leaving
abandoning
deserting
dumping
ditching
dropping
jilting
discarding
chucking
forsaking
marooning
quitting
relinquishing
renouncing
stranding
surrendering
casting off
forbearing
giving up
casting aside
blowing off
breaking off with
leaving stranded
walking out on
binning off
kissing off
leaving flat
running out on
throwing over
giving notice to
leaving high and dry
leaving in the lurch
giving someone the push
giving the elbow
giving someone the big E
turning back on
departing
ending
escaping
discontinuing
exiting
vacating
bailing
finishing
getting out of
bowing out of
checking out from
going away from
dropping out of
withdrawing from
bailing from
clearing out from
departing from
escaping from
walking out of
disappearing from
retiring from
exiting from
absconding from
moving from
stepping aside from
taking off from
absenting oneself from
running along from
saying goodbye to
setting out from
calling it quits
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ban or refrain from using
boycotting
banning
blacklisting
embargoing
barring
avoiding
blacking
blackballing
cutting off
rejecting
shunning
debarring
snubbing
spurning
interdicting
prohibiting
proscribing
vetoing
outlawing
excluding
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
refusing
striking
shutting out
withholding patronage
abstaining from
passing up
placing an embargo on
refraining from
staying away from
turning your back on
cold-shouldering
passing by
having nothing to do with
icing out
imposing sanctions
steering clear of
giving a wide berth to
refusing to take part in
washing your hands of
holding aloof from
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
refusing
declining
rejecting
spurning
repudiating
scorning
rebuffing
disapproving
disdaining
dismissing
negating
negativing
nixing
reprobating
snubbing
passing
repelling
repulsing
shunning
withdrawing
demurring
deselecting
desisting
ignoring
protesting
turning down
passing up
throwing out
knocking back
saying no
balking at
baulking at
dispensing with
saying no to
turning away
demurring at
holding back
holding off
holding out
protesting at
setting aside
throwing over
turning from
giving thumbs down to
turning back on
turning deaf ear to
jibbing at
sending off
drawing the line at
not buying
refusing to receive
not caring for
shaking one's head
Verb
▲
Present participle for to represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance
minimising
UK
minimizing
US
diminishing
downplaying
lessening
reducing
underrating
undervaluing
understating
moderating
softening
trivialising
UK
trivializing
US
underestimating
devaluing
whitewashing
minifying
underplaying
misprizing
weakening
deemphasizing
mitigating
deprecating
discounting
extenuating
cheapening
qualifying
tempering
minimalizing
de-emphasizing
playing down
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
glossing over
making light of
shrugging off
selling short
brushing aside
toning down
talking down
making little of
detracting from
holding cheap
pooh-poohing
making light
taking lightly
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repulsing
repelling
rebutting
resisting
checking
deterring
foiling
frustrating
nixing
fending off
staving off
warding off
holding off
fighting off
beating off
keeping at bay
turning away
driving back
keeping off
beating back
driving away
turning back
defending against
forcing back
holding back
sending packing
putting to flight
thrusting back
seeing off
fighting back
forcing away
setting back
rebuffing
parrying
preventing
keeping at arm's length
keeping away
driving off
forcing off
standing off
chasing away
knocking down
deflecting
averting
blocking
turning aside
stopping
defending
countering
discouraging
fencing
protecting against
holding at bay
guarding
screening
bulwarking
opposing
forfending
retaliating
keeping
warding
fending
drawing away
shielding against
safeguarding against
putting up a fight
defending oneself against
sending away
guarding against
defending yourself
intercepting
obstructing
heading off
standing up for
avoiding
shirking
bypassing
rebuking
forestalling
anticipating
precluding
eluding
shunning
keeping at a distance
protecting
shielding
shielding yourself from
safeguarding
securing
dismissing
covering
banishing
expelling
ousting
ejecting
dispelling
routing
driving out
getting rid of
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of ignoring or refusing to speak to another person
silent treatment
blackballing
cold shoulder
snub
rebuff
ignoring
ostracism
ostracization
rebuffing
snubbing
repulse
brush-off
refusing to speak
ignoring of someone
sending to Coventry
cold-shouldering
brushoff
slight
repudiation
spurning
dismissal
shunning
cold-shoulder
go-by
kick in the teeth
cutting out
the elbow
bum's rush
cut
rejection
spurn
exclusion
avoidance
blacklisting
casting off
renunciation
ostracizing
US
abandonment
disregard
forsaking
excommunication
isolation
denunciation
indifference
neglect
inattention
eschewal
disowning
estrangement
shutting out
ostracising
UK
alienation
turning away
banishment
expulsion
exile
disfellowship
barring
boycott
boycotting
keeping out
insult
affront
renouncement
desertion
coldness
disavowal
discourtesy
surrender
aloofness
iciness
relinquishment
abdication
cutting dead
the old heave-ho
abjuration
giving up
casting aside
repudiating
denial
abstention
abnegation
forswearing
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brushing off
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brushing over
brushing past
brushings
brushing something under the carpet
brushing up
brushing up against
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brushing away
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