English dictionary
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English verb: pooh-pooh | |||
| 1. | pooh-pooh (communication) express contempt about | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | express, give tongue to, utter, verbalise, verbalize | ||
| 2. | pooh-pooh (communication) reject with contempt | ||
| Samples | She spurned his advances. | ||
| Synonyms | disdain, freeze off, 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 | ||
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