Meaning

1 senses

  1. Showing disregard, indicating rejection, serving to dismiss.

    showing indifference or disregard

Examples

28 sentences

  1. Don't you know that you're being dismissive?

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  2. Tom was dismissive.

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  3. She was a little bit dismissive.

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  4. What were the cops so dismissive?

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  5. Ziri's parents were dismissive of his emotions.

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From dismiss + -ive.

From dismiss + -ive.

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Forms

more dismissive, most dismissive
Comparativemore dismissive Lesson
Superlativemost dismissive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
contemptuousC2indifferentB2

Word family

4 related words
Relateddismiss
Deriveddismissivelydismissivenessundismissive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dismissB2dismissaldismisseddismountdisobediencedisobedient
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