| Main Entry: | deflate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | humiliate |
Synonyms: |
chasten, cut down to size, dash, debunk, disconcert, dispirit, humble, kick in the teeth, knock down, let down easy, let wind out of sails, mortify, puncture balloon, put down*, shoot down, take down |
Antonyms: |
boost, build up, inflate |
| Main Entry: | rebuff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning away; ignoring |
Synonyms: |
brushoff, check, cold shoulder, cut, defeat, denial, discouragement, go-by, hard time, insult, kick in the teeth, nix, nothing doing, opposition, rebuke, refusal, rejection, reprimand, repulse, slight, snub, thumbs down, turndown |
Antonyms: |
inclusion, welcome |
| Main Entry: | rebuke |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reprimand; harsh criticism |
Synonyms: |
admonishment, admonition, affliction, bawling-out, berating, blame, castigation, censure, chewing-out, chiding, comeuppance, condemnation, correction, disapproval, dressing-down, earful, expostulation, going-over, hard time, kick in the teeth, lecture, lesson, objurgation, ostracism, punishment, put-down, rap, rating, rebuff, refusal, remonstrance, reprehension, reproach, reproof, reproval, repulse, row, scolding, slap in the face, snub, talking-to, telling-off, tongue-lashing, upbraiding |
Antonyms: |
compliment, flattery, praise |
| Main Entry: | rejection |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | denial, refusal |
Synonyms: |
bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, disallowance, dismissal, elimination, exclusion, hard time, kick in teeth, nix, no dice, no go, no way, nothing doing, pass*, rebuff, renunciation, repudiation, slap in the face, thumbs down, turndown, veto |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, allowance, approval, choice, ratification, sanction |
| Main Entry: | repulse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | push away |
Synonyms: |
beat off, brush off, check, defeat, drive back, fend off, fight off, heave-ho, hold off, keep off, kick in the teeth, nix, overthrow, push back, put down, rebuff, rebut, reject, repel, resist, set back, stave off, throw back, ward off |
Antonyms: |
attract, enchant |
| Main Entry: | slur |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | insult |
Synonyms: |
blacken, blemish, blister, blot, blow off, brand, calumniate, cap, chop*, cut to the quick, cut up, defame, denigrate, detract, discredit, disgrace, dump on, give a black eye, hit where one lives, insinuate, kick in the teeth, libel, malign, miff, offend, push, put down*, reproach, roast, scorch*, skin alive, slander, slap in the face, slight, smear, snub, spatter, stain, tear down, traduce, vilify, zing |
Antonyms: |
compliment, flatter, praise |
| Main Entry: | short shrift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | short end of the deal |
Synonyms: |
kick in the teeth, no pity, no quarter, pitilessness, small portion, tender mercies, unsympathetic treatment |
| Concept: | Rejection. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
rejection, repudiation, exclusion; refusal; declination.
-verbs
reject; set aside, lay aside; give up; decline (refuse); exclude, except; pluck, spin; cast., repudiate, scout, set at naught; fling to the winds, fling to the dogs, fling overboard, fling away, cast to the winds, cast to the dogs, cast overboard, cast away, throw to the winds, throw to the dogs, throw overboard, throw away, toss to the winds, toss to the dogs, toss overboard, toss away; send to the right-about; disclaim (deny); discard (eject), (have done with) [more].
-adjectives
rejected; reject, rejectaneous, rejectious; not chosen, not to be thought of, out of the question
-adverbs
neither, neither the one nor the other; no.
-phrases
non haec in faedera.
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