All brush-off synonyms

noun brush-off

• adjuration — a solemn charge or command
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• contretemps — A contretemps is a small disagreement that is rather embarrassing.
• wrangle — to argue or dispute, especially in a noisy or angry manner.
• self-estrangement — to turn away in feeling or affection; make unfriendly or hostile; alienate the affections of: Their quarrel estranged the two friends.
• hassle — a disorderly dispute.
• row — record
• beef — Beef is the meat of a cow, bull, or ox.
• scrap — a fight or quarrel: She got into a scrap with her in-laws.
• contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
• catamaran — A catamaran is a sailing boat with two parallel hulls that are held in place by a single deck.
• spat — a pointed rod or bar for thrusting through and holding meat that is to be cooked before or over a fire.
• disunity — lack of unity or accord.
• contention — Someone's contention is the idea or opinion that they are expressing in an argument or discussion.
• brawl — A brawl is a rough or violent fight.
• dissension — strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
• words — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
• dissidence — disagreement: political dissidence.
• discordance — a discordant state; disagreement; discord.
• strife — vigorous or bitter conflict, discord, or antagonism: to be at strife.
• variance — the state, quality, or fact of being variable, divergent, different, or anomalous.
• blowup — an explosion
• set-to — a usually brief, sharp fight or argument.
• dustup — a quarrel; argument; row.
• layoff — the act of dismissing employees, especially temporarily.
• dissolution — the act or process of resolving or dissolving into parts or elements.
• dispossession — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
• displacement — the act of displacing.
• bounce — When an object such as a ball bounces or when you bounce it, it moves upwards from a surface or away from it immediately after hitting it.
• ostracism — exclusion, by general consent, from social acceptance, privileges, friendship, etc.
• deportation — the act of expelling an alien from a country; expulsion
• removal — the act of removing.
• liberation — the act of liberating or the state of being liberated.
• suspension — the act of suspending.
• notice — an announcement or intimation of something impending; warning: a day's notice.
• door — a movable, usually solid, barrier for opening and closing an entranceway, cupboard, cabinet, or the like, commonly turning on hinges or sliding in grooves.
• permission — authorization granted to do something; formal consent: to ask permission to leave the room.
• deposition — A deposition is a formal written statement, made for example by a witness to a crime, which can be used in a court of law if the witness cannot be present.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
• adjournment — An adjournment is a temporary stopping of a trial, enquiry, or other meeting.
• ouster — expulsion or removal from a place or position occupied: The opposition called for the ouster of the cabinet minister.
• banishment — Banishment is the act of banishing someone or the state of being banished.
• housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
• relegation — to send or consign to an inferior position, place, or condition: He has been relegated to a post at the fringes of the diplomatic service.
• conge — permission to depart or dismissal, esp when formal
• deposal — the act of deposing from office; deposition
• kiss-off — Slang. an act or instance of dismissing a person or thing: The company is about to give you the kiss-off, so you'd better start looking for another job.
• thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
• hard time — a period of difficulties or hardship.