VERB | communication | pooh-pooh | express contempt / contempt about |
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communication | pooh-pooh, reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, disdain, turn down | reject with contempt |
Meaning | Express contempt / contempt about. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to | articulate |
Meaning | Reject with contempt. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
Synonyms | reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, 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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