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单词 brush-offs
释义

brush-off

noun

ˈbrəsh-ˌȯf How to pronounce brush-off (audio)
: a quietly curt or disdainful dismissal

Synonyms

  • cold shoulder
  • rebuff
  • repulse
  • silent treatment
  • snub
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Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

brush-offs

noun

plural of brush-off
as in dismissals
treatment that is deliberately unfriendly the mayor tends to give anyone under voting age the brush-off

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dismissals
  • rebuffs
  • snubs
  • rejections
  • silent treatments
  • repulses
  • cold shoulders
  • kiss-offs
  • banishments
  • blackballs
  • ostracisms

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • acceptances
  • open arms
  • embraces
  • welcomes
  • welcome mats
  • glad hands
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