brush aside Synonyms

brush aside Meaning

Wordnet

brush aside (v)

bar from attention or consideration

FAQs About the word brush aside

bar from attention or consideration

overlook, gloss (over), paper over, forgive, justify, explain, pardon,ignore, whitewash, pass over

mind, note, mark, mind, mark, object (to),object (to), note,, heed

Despite his concerns, she chose to brush aside his warnings and proceed with her plan.

Whenever someone brought up the issue, he would just brush it aside as unimportant.

She would often brush aside compliments, feeling uncomfortable with praise.

The CEO's attempt to address the company's problems was met with skepticism and brushed aside by the board.