sniff at sth
— phrasal verb with sniff uk/snɪf/us/snɪf/verb
(DISAPPROVE)
to show disapproval or a low opinion of something:
Art experts sniffed at his work.
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Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blow sth/sb off
- brush sb/sth aside
- denigrate
- deprecate
- derogate
- derogate from sth
- laugh
- never
- play fast and loose with sth/sb idiom
- pour
- pour scorn on sb/sth idiom
- scorn
- scornful
- scruple
- talk
- talk sth down
- wave
- write
- write sb/sth off
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(SHOW INTEREST)
also sniff around (sth) to show that you are interested in something:
A few computer firms are sniffing at the project already.
Chief executive David Prosser said the takeover speculation was wrong and no one was sniffing around.
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Excited, interested and enthusiastic
- aflutter
- agog
- all of a flutter idiom
- amped
- animated
- be as high as a kite idiom
- exhilarated
- fanatical
- fascinated
- fasten
- fasten on/upon sth
- flushed
- flutter
- knot
- overheated
- overzealous
- passionate
- pop-eyed
- potty
- sniff
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