All brush-off synonyms

noun brush-off

• no dice — to cut into small cubes.
• no go — functioning properly and ready: two minutes before the satellite is to be launched and all systems are go.
• nothing doing — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
• slap in the face — smack on the cheek
• call-down — to cry out in a loud voice; shout: He called her name to see if she was home.
• disaffirmance — to deny; contradict.
• dismissal — an act or instance of dismissing.
• disregard — to pay no attention to; leave out of consideration; ignore: Disregard the footnotes.
• aloofness — the quality or state of being aloof, distant, or reserved; indifference: His girlfriend's recent aloofness may be a sign that the relationship is over.
• coldness — having a relatively low temperature; having little or no warmth: cold water; a cold day.
• iciness — in an icy manner: I received him icily because of the harsh way he had treated me.
• battle royal — a fight, esp with fists or cudgels, involving more than two combatants; melee
• noncommittal — not committing oneself, or not involving committal, to a particular view, course, or the like: The senator gave us a noncommittal answer.
• disallowance — to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
• abstaining — to hold oneself back voluntarily, especially from something regarded as improper or unhealthy (usually followed by from): to abstain from eating meat.
• gainsaying — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
• no way — refusal
• refraining — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• refusing — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• disaccord — to be out of accord; disagree.
• bone to pick — (usually with with) An item of disagreement to complain about or resolve.
• brannigan — a noisy quarrel
• marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc