Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun brush_off

1 sense of brush-off

Sense 1
brush-off -- (a curt or disdainful rejection)
       => rejection -- (the act of rejecting something; "his proposals were met with rejection")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb brush_off

1 sense of brush off

Sense 1
dismiss, disregard, brush aside, brush off, discount, push aside, ignore -- (bar from attention or consideration; "She dismissed his advances")
       => reject -- (refuse to accept or acknowledge; "I reject the idea of starting a war"; "The journal rejected the student's paper")