brush-off
[ bruhsh-awf, -of ]
Synonyms for brush-off
- elimination
- exclusion
- repudiation
- veto
- bounce
- dismissal
- nix
- pass
- rebuff
- renunciation
- turndown
- cold shoulder
- disallowance
- hard time
- kick in teeth
- no dice
- no go
- no way
- nothing doing
- slap in the face
- thumbs down
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR BRUSH-OFF
For any officer to brush-off a forthright request for aid or advice under such circumstances is an unofficerly act.
RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR BRUSH-OFF
- abstaining
- adjuration
- brush-off
- cold shoulder
- contradiction
- controversion
- declination
- disallowance
- disapproval
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- dismissing
- disproof
- dissent
- forswearing
- gainsaying
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- no way
- nonacceptance
- noncommittal
- prohibition
- protestation
- rebuff
- rebuttal
- refraining
- refusing
- refutal
- refutation
- rejecting
- rejection
- renegement
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiating
- repudiation
- repulse
- retraction
- statement abnegation
- turndown
- veto
- adjournment
- banishment
- bounce
- brush-off
- cold shoulder
- congé
- deportation
- deposal
- deposition
- discharge
- dislodgment
- displacement
- dispossession
- dissolution
- door
- end
- eviction
- exile
- exorcism
- expatriation
- expulsion
- freedom
- freeing
- housecleaning
- kiss-off
- layoff
- liberation
- marching orders
- notice
- old heave-ho
- ostracism
- ouster
- permission
- pink slip
- relegation
- removal
- suspension
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.