pooh poohed

VERB

dismiss

Synonyms

STRONGEST

belittle play down repudiate

STRONG

discount disregard rebuff reject

WEAK

brush aside make light of scoff at sneer at treat with contempt wave aside

Antonyms

STRONGEST

build up

STRONG

attend pay attention

Example Sentences

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Pooh-poohed the power of the atom bomb but said it constituted a threat to world peace anyway.

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Pooh-poohed when it first turned up five years ago, and shoo-shooed into junior departments as recently as last year, the full-length coat is scourging floors across the country more effectively than an electric broom.

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Pooh-poohed by all the big powers except Russia, Germany's flying infantrymen put on their most impressive show in capturing the Rotterdam airport, then deep inside the Dutch lines.

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