sneeze at - 5 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | sneeze at |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disregard |
| Synonyms: | brush aside, brush off, discount, overlook, pass over, slight, snub, blink at, brush away, have no use for, laugh off, let pass, look the other way, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, shut eyes to, take lightly, take no notice of, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear |
| Main Entry: | slight |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | offend, insult |
| Synonyms: | affront, brush off, chill, contemn, cool*, cut*, despise, discount, disdain, disparage, disregard, fail, flout, forget, ignore, neglect, omit, overlook, pooh-pooh*, reject, scoff, scorn, shrug off, skip, slur, sneeze at*, snub, upstage, blink at, give the brush, give the cold shoulder to, make light of, not give time of day, show disrespect, treat with contempt, turn deaf ear to |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mock, condemn |
| Synonyms: | affront, belittle, burlesque, caricature, crack, curl one's lip at, decry, deride, detract, disdain, disparage, dump, fleer, flout, gibe, gird, give Bronx cheer, grin, hold in contempt, hold up to ridicule, insult, jeer, jest, lampoon, laugh at, leer, look down on, put down, quip at, rally, rank out, ridicule, satirize, scoff, scorn, slam, slight, smile, sneeze at*, sniff at, snigger, swipe, taunt, travesty, turn up one's nose, twit, underrate |
| Antonyms: | compliment, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spurn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | turn away; ignore |
| Synonyms: | air, contemn, cut, decline, despise, disapprove, disdain, dismiss, disregard, drop, dump, flout, flush*, give the cold shoulder*, look down on*, nix*, pass by, rebuff, refuse, reject, reprobate, repudiate, repulse, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, sneeze at*, snub, turn down, hold in contempt, not hear of, steer clear, turn nose up at |
| Antonyms: | embrace, want, welcome |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thumb one's nose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pooh-pooh |
| Synonyms: | deride, disparage, ridicule, sneeze at, sniff at |
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