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pffft

NOUN

separation

Synonyms

STRONGEST

departure disengagement dissolution divorce estrangement partition segregation split

STRONG

break detachment dialysis disconnection disjunction dissociation disunion division divorcement embarkation farewell gap parting rift rupture severance

WEAK

dedomiciling disrelation leave-taking parting of the ways split-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

connection juncture marriage union

STRONG

agreement association attachment closing closure combination greeting hello

WEAK

togetherness

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When I'd ask my father about cooking times and whether I should use my meat thermometer, he exclaimed, "pffft, thermometer-shermometer! I've never used one, and I've been cooking for 40 years!"

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2021

But that anticipation was met with a collective pffft when everything ran chalk.

From The Guardian • Apr. 24, 2020

Albarn has no illusions about changing people's minds with music: "Whether it can achieve anything is obviously … pffft," he sighs, running out of steam mid-sentence.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2018

But when the chips were down in 2008, his campaign went pffft.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2011

OK, if today doesn’t favor the 10s, 12s and 13s and we get a whole lot of pffft, then it won’t be a total waste.

From Chicago Tribune • Mar. 18, 2011

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