brush aside
Ignore as unimportant
To brush aside something is to dismiss it as unimportant or unworthy of consideration.
The image is of sweeping away an obstacle with a quick, careless motion of the hand.
People brush aside objections, concerns, or criticism when they refuse to engage with them seriously.
She brushed aside his apology and walked out.
The phrase often carries a tone of arrogance or impatience.
Send away or reject
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- wave offDismiss with gesture
shrug off · discount · downplay · minimize · trivialize · belittle · gloss over · pass over
Abrupt, curt rejection
- spurnRefuse with contempt
- snubDeliberate dismissive rejection
- refuseReject or garbage
- declineDecrease or refuse
reject · repudiate · turn down · cold-shoulder · shut out · turn away · push back · wave away
Cruel emotional indifference
- indifferenceLack of interest
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- coldnessLow temperature state
- aloofnessEmotional unavailability, standoffishness
detachment · unconcern · apathy · dismissiveness · heartlessness · disregard · nonchalance · unfeelingness
dismiss
Send away or reject
wave off · shrug off · discount · downplay · minimize · trivialize · belittle · gloss over · pass over · write off
rebuff
Abrupt, curt rejection
decline · reject · repudiate · turn down · cold-shoulder · shut out · turn away · push back · wave away · fend off
callousness
Cruel emotional indifference
- indifferenceLack of interest
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- coldnessLow temperature state
aloofness · detachment · unconcern · apathy · dismissiveness · heartlessness · disregard · nonchalance · unfeelingness · hard-heartedness
- dismissdismiss, wave away, wave off, shrug off, rebuff
- dismissingwave off, shrug off, blow off, dismiss, overlook
- releasefree, liberate, let go, unleash, release
- swordplayfencer, swordsman, sword fighting, swordsmanship, parry
- meddlingmeddle, meddler, butt in, horn in, intrude
- turn a blind eyeignore, overlook, disregard, look away, willful blindness
brush asideponder
Think deeply about
mull over · contemplate · take under advisement · scrutinize · think through
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