Antonyms for give the brush
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : bruhsh |
| Phonetic Transcription : brʌʃ |
- accomplish
- achieve
- admire
- approve
- attend
- be friendly
- bear
- cherish
- complete
- compliment
- condemn
- create
- esteem
- finish
- flatter
- get
- heat
- heed
- hold
- honor
- include
- increase
- keep
- look at
- maintain
- note
- notice
- pay attention
- plant
- praise
- recognize
- regard
- remember
- respect
- save
- socialize
- sow
- succeed
- take in
- warm
- welcome
Definition of give the brush
Origin :- "dust-sweeper, a brush for sweeping," late 14c., also, c.1400, "brushwood, brushes;" from Old French broisse (Modern French brosse) "a brush" (13c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *bruscia "a bunch of new shoots" (used to sweep away dust), perhaps from Proto-Germanic *bruskaz "underbrush."
- As in rid : verb do away with; free
- As in slight : verb offend, insult
- As in snub : verb give someone the cold shoulder
Synonyms for give the brush
- abolish
- act cool
- affront
- blink at
- boycott
- brush off
- burr
- censure
- chill
- clear
- contemn
- cool
- cut
- cut dead
- deliver
- despise
- disabuse
- disburden
- discount
- disdain
- disembarrass
- disencumber
- disparage
- disregard
- duck
- dump
- eject
- eliminate
- eradicate
- expel
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fail
- fire
- flout
- forget
- give the brush
- give the cold shoulder to
- heave-ho
- humble
- humiliate
- ice
- ice out
- ignore
- junk
- kiss goodbye
- liberate
- look coldly upon
- look right through
- make free
- make light of
- mortify
- neglect
- not give time of day
- offend
- omit
- ostracize
- overlook
- pass up
- pooh-pooh
- purge
- put down
- put the chill on
- rebuff
- reject
- release
- relieve
- remove
- roust
- scoff
- scold
- scorn
- scrap
- scratch
- send packing
- shake off
- shame
- shed
- show disrespect
- shrug off
- shun
- skip
- slight
- slur
- sneeze at
- snob
- snub
- swank
- throw away
- throw out
- toss out
- treat with contempt
- turn deaf ear to
- unburden
- unload
- uproot
- upstage
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019