brushes aside

VERB

ignore; refuse

Synonyms

WEAK

boycott cold-shoulder contradict cut deny disclaim dismiss disown disregard get rid of have no time for ostracize override rebuff reject repudiate scorn send away slight snub spurn sweep aside

Antonyms

WEAK

attend pay attention see

VERB

pay no attention to

Synonyms

WEAK

brush off discount dismiss disregard ignore push aside

Example Sentences

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When I press about the role of artists during this moment, he brushes aside the question: “When it comes to life, honey, I am nobody’s role model.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Simon dismisses the president’s national security adviser, Tom Donilon, as “a former lawyer for the mortgage giant Fannie Mae” and brushes aside another senior aide, Ben Rhodes, as “an aspiring novelist.”

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

He claimed that the majority "brushes aside these consequences and even suggests that the States should have known better than to count on our decision."

From Fox News • Apr. 20, 2020

Robinson brushes aside two case studies in the Slate article, noting that genetically engineered papayas are “little grown” and Golden Rice is “unavailable.”

From Slate • Aug. 6, 2015

He went to the dresser and pushed her jars and combs and brushes aside and took the package from his pocket and laid it in the cleared space.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright