All brush-off synonyms

noun brush-off

• release — to lease again.
• ignoring — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
• dismissal — an act or instance of dismissing.
• negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
• disdain — to look upon or treat with contempt; despise; scorn.
• inattention — lack of attention; negligence.
• apathy — You can use apathy to talk about someone's state of mind if you are criticizing them because they do not seem to be interested in or enthusiastic about anything.
• disrespect — Lack of respect or courtesy.
• scorn — open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
• indifference — lack of interest or concern: We were shocked by their indifference toward poverty.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• contempt — If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
• affront — If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
• snub — to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
• warfare — the process of military struggle between two nations or groups of nations; war.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• fray — a raveled or worn part, as in cloth: frays at the toes of well-worn sneakers.
• fight — a battle or combat.
• action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
• struggle — to contend with an adversary or opposing force.
• skirmish — Military. a fight between small bodies of troops, especially advanced or outlying detachments of opposing armies.
• war — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
• conflict — Conflict is serious disagreement and argument about something important. If two people or groups are in conflict, they have had a serious disagreement or argument and have not yet reached agreement.
• shoot-out — gunfight
• rejection — the act or process of rejecting.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• disapproval — the act or state of disapproving; a condemnatory feeling, look, or utterance; censure: stern disapproval.
• repudiation — the act of repudiating.
• rebuttal — an act of rebutting, as in a debate.
• retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
• clash — When people clash, they fight, argue, or disagree with each other.
• discord — lack of concord or harmony between persons or things: marital discord.
• disagreement — the act, state, or fact of disagreeing.
• argument — An argument is a statement or set of statements that you use in order to try to convince people that your opinion about something is correct.
• controversy — Controversy is a lot of discussion and argument about something, often involving strong feelings of anger or disapproval.
• quarrel — a square-headed bolt or arrow, formerly used with a crossbow.
• debate — A debate is a discussion about a subject on which people have different views.
• dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
• inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
• omission — the act of omitting.
• lethargy — the quality or state of being drowsy and dull, listless and unenergetic, or indifferent and lazy; apathetic or sluggish inactivity.
• slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
• heedless — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
• neglecting — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• listlessness — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
• disinterest — absence of interest; indifference.
• disesteem — to hold in low regard; think unfavorably of.
• oblivion — the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
• unconcern — absence of feeling or concern; indifference.