Thesaurus / pooh-pooh
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Father generally pooh-poohs the notion of there being any further trouble with Germany.
THE DOCTOR OF PIMLICOWILLIAM LE QUEUXPooh, they are only bogys invented by priests in days of darkness, in order to obtain power.
THE EVERLASTING ARMSJOSEPH HOCKINGHe can't be after any mischief; 'tis not in the boy; when—when he is all but—Pooh!
THE HEIR OF REDCLYFFECHARLOTTE M. YONGEPooh, I ha seen better, and as you term them, evener and cleaner.
THE MERMAID SERIES. EDITED BY H. ELLIS. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS. THOMAS DEKKER. EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ERNEST RHYS.THOMAS DEKKERThe general housework servant has already been referred to as a Pooh Bah in petticoats.
THE EXPERT MAID-SERVANTCRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICKIn such wise did young Britain and young America pooh-pooh the idea that they had done aught heroic.
THE PILLAR OF LIGHTLOUIS TRACYMy grandfather made some feeble objections, which Owen pooh-poohed in his usual off-hand fashion.
TALES FROM "BLACKWOOD"VARIOUS"Pooh," I said, but undoubtedly I felt a dizziness, and the next time I met him he quite frightened me.
THE LITTLE WHITE BIRDJ. M. BARRIEPooh, interposed Edith, who was jealously guarding her declaration that her flag was the most beautiful because it had a story.
BLUE ROBIN, THE GIRL PIONEERRENA I. HALSEYI have told the story to scientific men, but they have pooh-poohed at it, and declared it to have been impossible.
HARPER'S ROUND TABLE, OCTOBER 29, 1895VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO POOH-POOH
- blow up
- bring into disrepute
- bring to naught
- censure
- defame
- degrade
- destroy
- disconsider
- disesteem
- disfavor
- disgrace
- dishonor
- disparage
- disprove
- explode
- expose
- frown upon
- knock bottom out of
- mudsling
- poke full of holes
- pooh-pooh
- puncture
- put down
- reflect on
- reproach
- ruin
- run down
- shoot
- show up
- slander
- slur
- smear
- take rug out from under
- tear down
- vilify
- blink at
- brush aside
- brush away
- brush off
- cold-shoulder
- contemn
- despise
- discount
- disdain
- disobey
- disparage
- fail
- forget
- have no use for
- laugh off
- leave out of account
- let go
- let off easy
- let pass
- live with
- look the other way
- miss
- neglect
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- pay no attention to
- pay no heed to
- pay no mind
- pooh-pooh
- scorn
- shut eyes to
- slight
- snub
- take no notice of
- tune out
- turn a blind eye
- turn a deaf ear
- vilipend
- wink at
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- brushes aside
- brushes away
- brushes off
- cold-shoulders
- contemns
- despises
- discounts
- disdains
- disobeys
- disparages
- fails
- forgets
- has no use for
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- leaves out of account
- let goes
- lets off easy
- lets passes
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- misses
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- pooh-poohs
- scorns
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- slights
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- turns a deaf ear
- vilipends
- wink at
- avoid
- be oblivious to
- blink
- brush off
- bury one's head in sand
- cold-shoulder
- discount
- disdain
- evade
- fail
- forget
- let it go
- look the other way
- neglect
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- pass over
- pay no attention to
- pay no mind
- pooh-pooh
- reject
- scorn
- shut eyes to
- slight
- take no notice
- tune out
- turn back on
- turn blind eye
- turn deaf ear
- wink
- abbreviate
- attenuate
- belittle
- cheapen
- curtail
- cut down to size
- decrease
- decry
- deprecate
- depreciate
- derogate
- detract
- diminish
- discount
- disparage
- downplay
- dwarf
- knock
- knock down
- lessen
- make light of
- make little of
- miniaturize
- pan
- play down
- pooh-pooh
- poor-mouth
- prune
- put down
- reduce
- run down
- shrink
- trivialize
- underestimate
- underplay
- abbreviated
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- miniaturized
- panned
- played down
- pooh-poohed
- poor-mouthed
- pruned
- put down
- ran down
- reduced
- shrank
- underestimated
- underplayed
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