VERB | communication | freeze off, reject, spurn, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | reject with contempt |
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Meaning | Reject with contempt. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | reject, spurn, scorn, pooh-pooh, disdain, turn down | |
Narrower | rebuff, snub, repel | Reject outright and bluntly |
Broader | refuse, decline | show unwillingness towards |
Similar to | refuse, reject, pass up, turn down, decline | Refuse to accept |
reject, turn down, turn away, refuse | Refuse entrance or membership | |
Spanish | desdeñar, desesperanzar, menospreciar, rechazar | |
Catalan | desdenyar, desesperançar, rebutjar |
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