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91slight — I adjective ancillary, auxiliary, diminutive, exiguous, exiguus, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, levis, light, limited, little, meager, mean, minor, minute, modest, negligible, niggardly,… …
92snub — index affront, curb, disdain, disregard (lack of respect), disregard, disrespect, humiliate, ignore …
93advances — n. effort to become friendly or to enter into negotiations 1) to make advances to (he made advances to her; the Americans made advances to the Russians) 2) to rebuff, reject smb. s advances * * * reject smb. s advances to rebuff [ effort to… …
94cold shoulder — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. & v. t. rebuff, snub (see discourtesy). II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. coldness, snub, brush off, a frosting, dismisssal, disregard, aloofness. III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. A deliberate …
95cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …
96reject — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. throw away, discard (see rejection); decline; deny (see refusal). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To refuse] Syn. repudiate, decline, renounce; see deny , rebuff 1 , refuse . 2. [To discard] Syn. cast off,… …
97resistance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. recalcitrance (see resistance); impedance (see hindrance, electronics). II Active opposition Nouns 1. resistance, opposition, oppugnance, renitence, stand, front; recalcitrance, obstinacy; impeding …
98turn down — I v. reject, repudiate. See rejection. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To decrease in volume, etc.] Syn. hush, lower, curb; see decrease 2 . 2. [To refuse] Syn. reject, decline, rebuff; see refuse 1 , scorn 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. reject,… …
99Recoil — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Recoil >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 recoil recoil Sgm: N 1 reaction reaction retroaction Sgm: N 1 revulsion revulsion Sgm: N 1 bounce bounce rebound ricochet Sgm: N 1 repercussion …
100slight — 1. adjective 1) the chance of success is slight Syn: small, modest, tiny, minute, inappreciable, negligible, insignificant, minimal, remote, slim, faint; informal minuscule; formal exiguous Ant: considerable 2) …
