English verb: freeze off | |||
1. | freeze off (communication) reject with contempt | ||
Samples | She spurned his advances. | ||
Synonyms | disdain, pooh-pooh, reject, scorn, spurn, turn down | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | decline, refuse | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | rebuff, repel, snub | ||
Verb group | decline, pass up, refuse, refuse, reject, reject, turn away, turn down, turn down | ||