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arrogant [ar-uh-guhnt]
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: having exaggerated self-opinion
Synonyms: aloof, assuming, audacious, autocratic, biggety, bossy, bragging, cavalier, cheeky, cocky, cold-shoulder, conceited, contemptuous, cool*, disdainful, domineering, egotistic, haughty, high and mighty, high-handed, imperious, insolent, know-it-all, lordly, on an ego trip, overbearing, peremptory, pompous, presumptuous, pretentious, proud, puffed up, scornful, self-important, smarty, smug, sniffy, snippy, snooty, snotty, stuck up, supercilious, superior, swaggering, uppity, vain, wise guy
Antonyms: humble, meek, servile, unconceited
Main Entry: contemptuous
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: arrogant, insolent
Synonyms: audacious, bold, cavalier, cheeky, cold-shoulder, condescending, contumelious, cool, derisive, derisory, disdainful, disrespectful, dog it, hard, hard-nosed, haughty, high and mighty, high hat, insulting, on high horse, opprobrious, sardonic, scornful, sneering, snippy, snobbish, snooty, snotty, supercilious, temperamental, uppity, upstage
Notes: contemptible means deserving contempt, while contemptuous means bestowing contempt; the first sense of contemptuous was 'despising law and order'
Antonyms: humble, polite, respected, shy
Main Entry: disregard
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ignore; make light of
Synonyms: blink at, brush aside, brush away, brush off, cold-shoulder, contemn, despise, discount, disdain, disobey, disparage, fail, forget, have no use for, laugh off, leave out of account, let go, let off easy, let pass, live with, look the other way, miss, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no heed to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, snub, take no notice of, tune out, turn a blind eye, turn a deaf ear, vilipend, wink at
Notes: ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard
Antonyms: attend, esteem, note, pay attention, regard, respect
Main Entry: frigid
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unresponsive
Synonyms: aloof, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cold-shoulder, cool, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, lifeless, passionless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving
Antonyms: amicable, amorous, lovable, loving, responsive, warm
Main Entry: ignore
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disregard on purpose
Synonyms: avoid, be oblivious to, blink, brush off, bury one's head in sand, cold-shoulder, discount, disdain, evade, fail, forget, let it go, look the other way, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, shut eyes to, slight, take no notice, tune out, turn back on, turn blind eye, turn deaf ear, wink
Notes: ignore is properly used of things that are present in our surroundings; but for things like rules, conventions, stipulations, contracts, the right word is disregard
Antonyms: acknowledge, heed, look at, note, notice, pay attention, recognize, regard, take notice
Main Entry: ostracize
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: exile, banish
Synonyms: avoid, blackball, blacklist, boycott, cast out, cold-shoulder, cut, deport, displace, drop, exclude, excommunicate, expatriate, expel, expulse, leave in the cold, oust, reject, shun, shut out, snub, throw out
Antonyms: embrace, welcome
Main Entry: shun
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: avoid, ignore
Synonyms: bilk, cold-shoulder, cut, decline, despise, disdain, ditch*, dodge, double, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, give a wide berth, give the runaround, have no part of, have nothing to do with, hide out, keep away from, keep clear of, neglect, palm off, pass up, refuse, reject, scorn, shake, shake off, shy, snub, stall, stand aloof from, stay shy of, steer clear of, turn back on
Antonyms: accept, face, meet
Main Entry: brush off
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ignore
Synonyms: boycott, brush aside, cold-shoulder, contradict, cut, deny, disclaim, dismiss, disown, disregard, ostracize, override, rebuff, refuse, reject, repudiate, scorn, send away, slight, snub, spurn, sweep aside
Antonyms: attend, pay attention
Main Entry: passionless
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: frigid
Synonyms: aloof, ardorless, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cold-shoulder, cool*, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, inhibited, lifeless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending, unfeeling, unloving, unresponsive
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