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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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