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单词 shrugging off
释义

shrug off

verb

shrugged off; shrugging off; shrugs off

transitive verb

1
: to shake off
shrugging off sleep
2
: to brush aside : minimize
shrugs off the problem
3
: to remove (a garment) by wriggling out

Synonyms

  • blink (at)
  • brush (aside or off)
  • condone
  • discount
  • disregard
  • excuse
  • forgive
  • gloss (over)
  • gloze (over)
  • ignore
  • overlook
  • overpass
  • paper over
  • pardon
  • pass over
  • remit
  • whitewash
  • wink (at)
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Example Sentences

an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly

Word History

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined at sense 1

shrugging off

verb

present participle of shrug off
1
as in ignoring
to dismiss as of little importance an administration that was willing to shrug off the problem

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • ignoring
  • forgiving
  • passing over
  • overlooking
  • papering over
  • explaining
  • justifying
  • pardoning
  • winking (at)
  • blinking (at)
  • forgiving and forgetting
  • disregarding
  • glossing (over)
  • brushing (aside or off)
  • glozing (over)
  • closing one's eyes to
  • excusing
  • discounting
  • condoning
  • whitewashing
  • remitting
  • overpassing
  • rationalizing
  • waving (aside or off)
  • exculpating
  • exonerating
  • vindicating
  • waiving
  • acquitting
  • absolving
  • clearing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • objecting (to)
  • marking
  • noting
  • heeding
  • minding
2
as in removing
to rid oneself of (a garment) she shrugged off her coat and hung it up neatly

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • removing
  • putting off
  • taking off
  • peeling (off)
  • doffing
  • kicking (off)
  • dousing
  • shedding
  • stripping
  • husking
  • disrobing
  • undressing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • throwing (on)
  • slipping (into)
  • putting on
  • donning
  • wearing
  • clothing
  • rigging
  • dressing
  • suiting
  • arraying
  • robing
  • apparelling
  • attiring
  • bedecking
  • appareling
  • garbing
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